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Sandra Grady

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Aug 3, 2024, 5:19:42 PM8/3/24

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I tried xboot but when you add the MS iso file it prompts for what type of iso it is and they dont have a windows installation option, only a preboot environment option which I tried and then received an error message.

The next step to start on would be getting all your ISOs and CDs ready to transfer to the flash drive. As I mentioned earlier one of my main intentions of creating this drive was so I could get rid of my bulky CD case I seemed to be carrying everywhere. Using a software such as ImgBurn (free) you can create ISO files directly from CDs. HowToGeek has a good tutorial on how to this here. I saved all of these to a folder on my desktop named ISOs for easy organization.

If you choose that option instead of Try an Unlisted ISO, Yumi will install the Windows Vista/7/8 file to the root of the flash drive, and you DO NOT want that. It will work just fine if you install it as an unlisted ISO. So select Try an Unlisted ISO and then browse to your Windows ISO, then proceed with installation and you should see something similar to the image on the left. As you can see Yum is installing Windows 7 to D:\multiboot\ISOS\WIN7_MSDN.iso, which is what we want instead of having Yumi install it to the root of the flash drive. Continue to repeat this process for all the ISO files you want to install such as Windows and any other ISOs that are NOT listed in the Yumi list (Windows EXCLUDED). ALWAYS INSTALL WINDOWS ISO BY SELECTING TRY AN UNLISTED ISO.

yeah images are the way to go. you can put acronis on the sardu bootable along with hirens, break win 7 or ANY other images of systems with acronis down to 700mb pieces to all fit on fat32, all on one jumpdrive. #nasty

also to add: my disk is as follows: root> sardu menu and default files, all default hirens boot cd files, folder with exe files, folder with isos, driver pack solution windows executable (16gb by itself) then inside iso folder is acronis 2016 true image and universal boot, and 1 image of an xp system, win server 08 system, win 7 pro x86 and x64 system. after the image is installed on a system from acronis, you need to check achi/ide/raid setting in bios, and if still wont boot, run universal boot, then it should come up. then use driverpack solution (latest) to fill all the driver holes. then you should be fully up and running. rarely have i had to go find another driver on the manufacturers website and if i do, i will put that installable into the exe folder on my sardu disk, previously mentioned. this disk truly is the nastiest hack disk ive ever created and requires zero writing code or programming on my part. it may be one the most customized bootable, multi-faceted disks ever created. steve jobs and bill gates would probably want me to make them one, if they ever knew about it. ?

systemd-boot(7), previously called gummiboot (German for "rubber dinghy"), is an easy-to-configure UEFI boot manager. It provides a textual menu to select the boot entry and an editor for the kernel command line.

To install systemd-boot, first make sure that the system is booted into UEFI mode and UEFI variables are accessible. This can be verified by running efivar --list or, if efivar is not installed, by running ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars (if the directory exists, the system is booted into UEFI mode.)

A separate /boot partition of type "Linux extended boot" (XBOOTLDR) can be created to keep the kernel and initramfs separate from the ESP. This is particularly helpful to dual boot with Windows with an existing ESP that is too small.

Prepare an ESP as usual and create another partition for XBOOTLDR on the same physical drive. The XBOOTLDR partition must have a partition type GUID of bc13c2ff-59e6-4262-a352-b275fd6f7172 [1] (ea00 type for gdisk). The size of the XBOOTLDR partition should be large enough to accommodate all of the kernels you are going to install.

Whenever there is a new version of systemd-boot, the UEFI boot manager can be optionally reinstalled by the user. This can be done manually or automatically; the two approaches are described thereafter.

As of systemd version 251 or later default can be changed to @saved in order to remember the last picked entry on startup. This is useful for when dual booting Windows and the surprise windows auto update pushes you into Linux.

systemd-boot will automatically check at boot time for Windows Boot Manager at the location /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Bootmgfw.efi, UEFI shell /shellx64.efi and EFI Default Loader /EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi, as well as specially prepared kernel files found in /EFI/Linux/. When detected, corresponding entries with titles auto-windows, auto-efi-shell and auto-efi-default, respectively, will be generated. These entries do not require manual loader configuration. However, it does not auto-detect other EFI applications (unlike rEFInd), so for booting the Linux kernel, manual configuration entries must be created.

In case you installed a UEFI shell with the package edk2-shell, systemd-boot will auto-detect and create a new entry if the EFI file is placed in esp/shellx64.efi.To perform this and example command after installing the package would be:

Ensure that the efi path matches the location where the shellx64.efi has been copied in the esp partition. Also, note that the shellx64.efi EFI file can be moved elsewhere to avoid the automatic entry creation by systemd-boot.

The boot manager is integrated with the systemctl command, allowing you to choose what option you want to boot after a reboot. For example, suppose you have built a custom kernel and created an entry file esp/loader/entries/arch-custom.conf to boot into it, you can just launch

If you need a bootloader for BIOS systems that follows The Boot Loader Specification, then systemd-boot can be pressed into service on BIOS systems. The Clover boot loader supports booting from BIOS systems and provides a emulated UEFI environment.

If you can do it, the installation is easier: go into your UEFI Shell or your firmware configuration interface and change your machine's default EFI file to esp/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi.

This will set the BootNext UEFI variable, whereby Windows Boot Manager is loaded without BitLocker requiring the recovery key. This is a one-time change, and systemd-boot remains the default bootloader. There is no need to specify Windows as an entry if it was autodetected.