AUMBI is a free tool based on Yumi Multiboot that makes it easy to install or test different Linux distributions or Windows versions from a USB drive.
And the best thing is that it is a portable program, so you won't need to install anything on your PC to create a bootable drive.
Multi-boot USB with multiple Linux distributions and Windows versions
AUMBI (Instalador Absolute USB MultiBoot) is an open source software that enables you to create a multi-boot USB with quite a few operating systems.
With a friendly interface available in Spanish and English, this little utility enables you Copy the ISO file of the operating systems from 32 Y 64 bits, system tools, antivirus or anonymous browsers on a removable drive.
Supported Linux distributions include: Ubuntu, Manjaro, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, elementary OS, Linux Mint, Debian Live, OpenSUSE, among other, the same ones that you can install on your PC or run without installing ("live" operating system) .
For his part, supported versions of Windows range from Windows XP to Windows 10, incluyendo Windows To Go (virtual hard drive).
To create a Bootable USB with multiple operating systems, you just have to follow these 4 Steps:
- Select the drive where you want to install the (the) system (s) operative (it is)
- Select an operating system or software from the list
- Find and select the ISO of your PC
- Click Create.
If you want to add more operating systems to USB, you just have to click on “Yes” at the end of the procedure and repeat the previous steps.
At the same time, AUMBI Multiboot has some useful functions.
As an example, box “View or delete installed distributions?” lets you know if the USB has any Linux distribution installed and, If that's the case, remove it. Weather “See units?” shows you other partitions.
There are also boxes to format the USB, either NTFSThe NTFS (New Technology File System) is a file system developed by Microsoft for use on Windows operating systems. First introduced in 1993 con Windows NT, offers advanced features such as security permission management, error recovery and data compression. Unlike its predecessors, NTFS allows storage of large files and improves management efficiency.. More o FAT 32.
But its most useful function is perhaps that of “Download link”, that allows you to start the download of the most recent version of the operating system that you have selected, very useful for when you don't have the ISO on your computer.
Even though you can also click on the link “Visit the web portal of …” to browse the operating system web portal and find a suitable edition for download.
Undoubtedly, AUMBI is a very useful tool with which you can copy not only operating system ISOs to your USB, but also antivirus programs and even browsers, como Tails, to always carry them with you and run them from any PC.
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