Feb 9, 2018 - 3. BlackArch Linux. Boasts a huge range of pen-testing and hacking tools. Large number of built-in hacking utilities. Constantly updated. 64-bit Live ISO is over 7GB in size. This pen-testing distro is based on Arch Linux, which may be good or bad news depending on how familiar you are with its parent.

Some time back I wanted a bootable usb drive that I could use to boot several useful utilities (Live CDs) from ISO files. It took some trial and error to get it working and CentOS does not use the ISO file directly. This method does not require formatting or partitioning the USB and the device can still be used to store other files also.

Install Grub 2 to the USB device. You must use Grub 2. It has the ability to use iso files. I used an Ubuntu Live CD to perform the install to USB. I think 11.04 had the correct version, but it may have been 11.10. Blkid /dev/sdX Where 'X' is your USB device C.

Create a folder on the USB for iso files. All bootable systems go here. It's not actually necessary, but helps with organization if the USB will be used for other purposes also.

Copy the iso files into the iso folder. For CentOS and Fedora the contents of the ISO must be extracted. Create a folder for each system and copy the contents of the CD to the folder. Simply copying the files from the mounted iso is sufficient. For example, my device has in the iso folder. CentOS-6.0-i386-LiveCD (folder) 2. CentOS-6.0-i386-netinstall (folder) 3.

CentOS-6.0-x86_64-LiveDVD (folder) 4. CentOS-6.0-x86_64-netinstall (folder) 5. Fedora-16-i686-LIve-Security (folder) 6.

Download Game Empire Earth 4 Full Version. Nst-2.15.0-2515.i686 (folder) 7. Chntpw.iso 8.

Helix2008r1.iso 9. Kubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso 10. LPS-1.2.3_public_deluxe.iso 11. Pmagic-6.6.iso 12. Systemrescuecd-x86-2.3.0.iso (I also have a couple of memory checker images in / of my USB) E. Create grub.cfg to boot the various systems. A good example is.

My current grub.cfg is. Pschaff wrote: I don't see how that can work for DVD ISO images larger than the FAT32 4GB - 1byte file size limit. I'm cheating a little in that I'm using the contents of the DVD ISO and not actually using the ISO itself. Step D is to copy the contents of the DVD ISO into a folder and use the files from there. That was a requirement to get any CentOS or Fedora to work regardless of whether it was a DVD ISO or a CD ISO. All of the ISO files that I use directly are CD and not DVD so I have not run into that problem.

Also, the CentOS Live DVD is approx 1.7 GB. Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.32-358.el6.i686 #1 Call trace: panic occurred, switching back to test console. The netinstall option worked OK, as did everything else. Oddly, I have just been installing on this computer via cloning, and this is also what happens when I try to boot the clone source via USB as well. Once I clone to the SATA disk, it's OK. The computer is a SuperMicro X10SAE system, if it matters.

I am using the LiveCD and not DVD to save space, and have only tried the i386; is there an important difference?