YUMI – Multiboot USB Creator (Windows)
YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer), is the successor to MultibootISOs. It can be used to create a Multiboot USB Flash Drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools, and more. Contrary to MultiBootISO?s which used grub to boot ISO files directly from USB, YUMI uses syslinux to boot extracted distributions stored on the USB device, and reverts to using grub to Boot Multiple ISO files from USB, if necessary.

Aside from a few distributions, all files are stored within the Multiboot folder, making for a nicely organized Multiboot Drive that can still be used for other storage purposes.

YUMI works much like Universal USB Installer, except it can be used to install more than one distribution to run from your USB. Distributions can also be uninstalled using the same tool!

How to Create a MultiBoot USB Flash Drive
* Run YUMI-0.0.4.8.exe following the onscreen instructions
* Run the tool again to Add More ISOs/Distributions to your Drive
* Restart your PC setting it to boot from the USB device
* Select a distribution to Boot from the Menu and enjoy!
That's all there is to it. You should now be booting your favorite distributions from your custom Multi-Boot USB device!

How It Works:
YUMI enables each user to create their own custom Multiboot UFD containing only the distributions they want, in the order by which they are installed. A new distribution can be added to the UFD each time the tool is run.

If you run YUMI from the same location you store ISO downloads, they should be auto-detected (*See Known Issues Below), eliminating the need to browse for each ISO.

Other Notes: If MultibootISOs was previously used, you must reformat the drive and start over. YUMI uses Syslinux directly, and chainloads to grub only if necessary, so it is not compatible with the older Multiboot ISO tool. Although I do plan to add back the capabilities of MultibootISOs as time permits.

The distro uninstaller works great, but unlisted ISO's that have been added must currently be manually removed!

Basic Essentials to create a MultiSystem Bootable USB Drive
- Fat32 Formatted USB Flash or USB Hard Drive
- PC that can boot from USB
- Windows XP/Vista/7 host to create the Bootable USB
- YUMI-0.0.4.8.exe
- Your selection of ISO Files

Known Issues:
* Windows Vista/7 Installer, Hiren's Boot CD, Trinity Rescue Kit, OpenSUSE, Backtrack, Avira Antivir, and Dr.Web Live CD files are stored outside of the multiboot folder. Other distribution files remain contained within the multiboot folder. I am open to a simple working solution!
* Windows XP Installer ISO will not work, as to the best of my knowledge this would require editing core proprietary files. I am open to a legal working solution.
* When using the "Try an Unlisted ISO option", the ISO file name must contain no spaces.
* When installing Windows 7 or Vista from USB, you must unplug the USB device before the first restart, otherwise you will receive an error stating: "windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computer's hardware"

YUMI-0.0.4.8.exe – February 27, 2012 – Changelog
- Fix HP Firmware Maintenance CD option and add 32 bit version entries