I’ve repurposed a 32 GB M.2 SATA SSD as a bootable “USB stick” and I’m putting useful tools on it. So far I’ve got memtest, seatools, gparted live, system rescue, clonezilla, and a live install iso of the distro installed on my PC. What other great bootable tools am I sleeping on?
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Not spesifically a tool to put on a USB stick, but Ventoy is worth checking. I’ve had a bit mixed results with it on older hardware but when it works it’s pretty easy to manage your carry-on-tools.
I second Ventoy.
Ventoy is pretty great. Ive screwed quite a few usb sticks by flashing isos and now i can just put all the isos on one drive. Its a good tool.
UNetbootin could be cool, it’ll provide access to mamy iso’s instead of just one.
Distro’s supported:
- Ubuntu - Kubuntu - Xubuntu - Lubuntu - Debian - openSUSE - Arch Linux - Damn Small Linux - SliTaz - Linux Mint - Zenwalk - Slax - Elive - CentOS - FreeBSD - NetBSD - 3CX - Fedora - PCLinuxOS - Sabayon Linux - Gentoo - MEPIS - LinuxConsole - Frugalware Linux - xPUD - Puppy LinuxIt can be used to load various system utilities too, such as:
- Parted Magic - SystemRescueCD - Super Grub Disk - Dr.Web Antivirus - F-Secure Rescue CD - Kaspersky Rescue Disk - Backtrack - Ophcrack - NTPasswd - Gujin - Smart Boot Manager - FreeDOSTestdisk, clamxTK, rkhunter or chkrootkit, mobile verification toolkit, lshw, time shift maybe deja-dup.
I think your idea is a good one. Like a linux Swiss Army knife. You can have lots of tools that you don’t need all the time but might be handy in a pinch. Especially if you don’t have internet.
Hiren’s boot disk is the only answer to this question. I heard they updated it a few years ago.
Medicat
netboot.xyz
chntpwd (Reset credentials on a Windows disk)
