12-22-2015, 06:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-31-2015, 10:14 PM by br1anstorm.)
I have done this..... it's not only possible, but also very easy, and works well.
I used YUMI in a Windows XP computer (yes, I still have a laptop running XP!) to create my multiboot USB stick. On a 16GB stick I have YUMI carrying PCLinuxOS-MATE, Linux Mint 17, LXLE and Zorin 6 - all of which are offered by the YUMI installer and listed on the site as being "supported".
I have also added Linux Lite 2.2 and 2.6. They are not listed, but by choosing the "try unlisted" option in the YUMI installer and navigating to the relevant .iso (which you need previously to have downloaded and saved on your computer) you can put them on the stick as well. I added the two Lite OSs under the "use syslinux" category on the YUMI stick. Both of them run absolutely fine as Live sessions.
Go on, try it. Nothing to lose, and a good way of trying out different distros. Live sessions from a USB stick also run more smoothly and quickly, in my experience, than from a CD or DVD.
I have not tried actually installing any Linux distro from a YUMI multiboot stick or indeed any USB stick. I think for an actual install I'd play by the rules and do so from a Live session running from a CD or DVD. But others may think - or have already done - differently.
I used YUMI in a Windows XP computer (yes, I still have a laptop running XP!) to create my multiboot USB stick. On a 16GB stick I have YUMI carrying PCLinuxOS-MATE, Linux Mint 17, LXLE and Zorin 6 - all of which are offered by the YUMI installer and listed on the site as being "supported".
I have also added Linux Lite 2.2 and 2.6. They are not listed, but by choosing the "try unlisted" option in the YUMI installer and navigating to the relevant .iso (which you need previously to have downloaded and saved on your computer) you can put them on the stick as well. I added the two Lite OSs under the "use syslinux" category on the YUMI stick. Both of them run absolutely fine as Live sessions.
Go on, try it. Nothing to lose, and a good way of trying out different distros. Live sessions from a USB stick also run more smoothly and quickly, in my experience, than from a CD or DVD.
I have not tried actually installing any Linux distro from a YUMI multiboot stick or indeed any USB stick. I think for an actual install I'd play by the rules and do so from a Live session running from a CD or DVD. But others may think - or have already done - differently.