How do you make a bootable cd with more than 1 iso on it?

Mike89 · Post by **Mike89** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:50 pm

I'd like to learn how to make a bootable CD with 2 (or more) different iso files on it so I could choose which one I wanted at bootup. This seems like a complicated process.

Err · Post by **Err** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:10 pm

It looks like it's possible:

http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq03.html#S3-15

The El Torito standard allows CD-ROMs to have more than one bootable image, but few applications support creating such images. You can use mkisofs with the "-eltorito-alt-boot" option to do this.

I also found a tutorial: http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#multibios

Good Luck.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:53 am

Haven't done it myself, but it looks like some sort of boot menu creation is involved.

There are a lot of pre-made multiboot discs floating arount the torrent sites that save a ton of work (have the basics like virus scanning, hard drive partitioner & scanner, memory tester, drive backup, etc.) unless you are wanting something obscure.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:14 am

Ultimate Boot CD. It's basically a boot menu and it comes with a slew of useful apps already. You have a zillion apps that there are pre-made templates for, or you can add your own:

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/