E2B #1: How to make a multiboot USB drive using Easy2Boot v2.

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This 150-page book (PDF with illustrations - includes free download of later revisions) takes the
form of a course with exercises. As you read each chapter you will build and configure your own
multiboot USB drive.

Includes instructions on how to remove the 5 second blue&white eBook banner screen on start-
up.

In many cases you just need to copy over all your ISO files to E2B USB drive and it is ready to use.

Using your USB drive, you will be able to directly boot from 100's of different linux ISOs (many
support persistence), boot to different Windows Install ISOs, boot from floppy disk image files,
boot to multiple WindowsToGo OS's, install Windows+apps+drivers without any user interaction
and much much more!

You will learn how to add a variety of ISO files, .VHD files, .WIM files, .IMA and many other types of
payload to your E2B USB drive.

It contains lots of information, hints and tips about booting from USB drives and information about
some common BIOS bugs which you may encounter and how to avoid them.

As well as standard IBM-compatible Legacy BIOS booting, you will also learn how to UEFI-boot
from multiple payloads (including Secure UEFI booting from multiple payloads).

Easy2Boot supports over 300 different types of bootable payloads and it has been developed to
work reliably on a wide range of computers.
There are over 40 Exercises: DOS games, HDDGuru, AVG Rescue, Dr. Web CureIt Live CD, Hirens
15.2, gparted, Q4OS, AOSS, Eset AV, Strelec MiniWindows, Ubuntu, Cub linux, Puppy linux,
Windows 10 install, MemTest86, CloneZilla, Paul Vreeland's AIO-SRT, Bob Omb's WinPE, DLC Boot,
Windows 10 install with UEFI, Gandalf's WinPE + PortableApps, Porteus, Windows XP install and
WindowsToGo, configuring E2B, add a DNA animation to the menu, fully automated install from a
Windows 10 ISO with apps and drivers using SDI_CHOCO.

Glossary 6

Introduction and where to get help 9

Free Bonus! 9

'How-to' articles 9

Feedback 9

Important tips 9

Choosing your USB drive 12

Size is important! 13

Removable USB drives 14

Fixed-disk USB drives 15

SD cards (not recommended) 17

Using USB drives with computers 17

USB3 drives\ports contain USB 2 contacts 18

Sometimes, even this will not work because the OS does not contain the correct driver for the
modern chipset that is in the system.Make an E2B drive 18

Make an E2B drive 19

The \_ISO\MyE2B.cfg file 20

Update E2B to v1.B0 or later 20

What is on the E2B drive? 21

Files in the top level (root) folder 21

E2B Menu folders 23

\_ISO\docs folder 23

\_ISO\e2b folder 25

Adding your personal files 25

Exercise 1: MalwareBytes 25

Exercise 2: Comodo Dragon browser 26

Exercise 3: Zemana Antimalware 26

Exercise 4: Windows System Control Centre (WSCC) 27

Booting to E2B 28

Legacy\MBR\BIOS\CSM 28

UEFI 28

Test using ‘QEMU Menu test’ 29

Exercise 5: Test using QEMU 29

Booting on a real system 31

Legacy BIOS 31

UEFI Systems 31

Exercise 6: Boot to the E2B menu 32

Using E2B 34

File extensions 35

File extension suffixes ('pwd', '32' or '64', '4GB', '3GB' or 'AUTO') 35

File name suffixes 36

Add a .txt file 37

File extension override suffix (E2B v1.A9+) 38

Measure BIOS+USB Performance 39

Memory Tests 39

Boot to FreeDOS 41
Exercise 7: DOS Games/Apps - Solitaire, Space Invaders, Doom, WordStar, etc. 43

Exercise 8: HDDGURU MHDD.exe 47

Exercise 9: Make a new MHDD floppy image 48

Add some ISOs (add payload files) 49

About the E2B Menu Folders 50

The 'Special' Sub-Menu folders 51

Adding ISOs to E2B 52

Changing the menu entry order 52

List of tested payload files 53

Exercise 10: AVG Rescue CD 54

Make files contiguous 55

How does E2B Boot from the ISO? 58

Exercise 11: Test AVG using 'ISOBOOT' 59

Changing the Menu Entry 59

Exercise 12: Change the ISO filename 60

Suppressing the QRUN 'auto-suggest' prompt 60

Exercise 13: Use .isodefault 60

Using a .txt file 61

Exercise 14: Using TXT_Maker.exe 62

Exercise 15: Add updates to AVG 63

Exercise 16: Dr.Web CureIt LiveCD 65

Exercise 17: Hiren’s 15.2 Boot CD 65

Exercise 18: Gparted 67

Exercise 19: Q4OS 68

About .MNU Files 69

About .mnu files 69

PimpMyDrive 70

Exercise 20: PimpMyDrive 70

Menu order 72

Special variables in .mnu and .txt files 73

Exercise 21: Exploring the grub4dos console and grub4dos variables 73

Exercise 22: PC Tools AntiVirus Scanner AOSS.iso + .mnu file 76

Exercise 23: Add the SystemRescueCD ISO to the AUTO folder 78

Persistence for Linux 80

Exercise 24: Dr.Web with persistent updates 80

Exercise 25: Eset AV ISO with persistence using a .mnu file 82

Other AntiVirus ISOs 82

AntiVirus software (run from within Windows) 82

About Easy2Boot and file extensions 84

Exercise 26: Strelec MiniWindows (WinPE) 84

Compressed payload files 86

Using the .isopersist file extension 86

Exercise 27: Ubuntu with persistence (.isopersist) 87

Exercise 28: Cub Linux (Chromium OS) 87

Exercise 29: Puppy Linux ISO with persistent 'Save' file 88

Installing Windows from an ISO 90

Exercise 30: Windows 10 Install from ISO (MBR-boot) 91

WinNTSetup 94

Hack into a Windows system without knowing the password (UtilMan)! 95

UEFI Booting 96

MemTest86 .imgPTN file 98

Exercise 31: MemTest86 .imgPTN file 98

MakePartImage and the MPI Tool Kit 103

What does MakePartImage do? 103

Installing the MPI Tool Kit 103

.imgPTN File extensions 105

Adding suffixes 106

Switching in a .imgPTN image 106

Exercise 32: Making a Clonezilla .imgPTN file 107

Exercise 33: Convert the Strelec WinPE ISO to .imgPTN 108

Exercise 35: Paul Vreeland's AIO-SRT and TuxPE 110

Exercise 36: Bob Omb's WinPE 110

Exercise 37: Convert Hirens 15.2 ISO to .imgPTN for full functionality 112

Exercise 38: DLC Boot 112

Exercise 39: Clone another bootable USB Flash drive 114

Windows 10 UEFI+MBR-boot Installation 115

Exercise 40: Make a Windows 10 UEFI Install .imgPTN file 115

What if the Windows Install file is larger than 4GB? 115

Gandalf's WinPE and PEStartUp 119

Exercise 41: Gandalf's WinPE ISO + PortableApps + Wallpaper 119

Dual partitions images 121

Exercise 42: Gandalf WinPE .imgPTN plus PEStartup partition image 122

Add more types of payload files (.WIM and .VHD) 124

Directly boot from .vhd and .wim files 124

Exercise 43: Boot to Windows Recovery 124

Kiosk browser (Porteus) 126

Windows XP Install from ISO 126

WindowsToGo 126
Advanced E2B Configuration 127

Background wallpaper 127

The E2B configuration file (MyE2B.cfg) 127

The E2B Menu Editor (E2B_Editor) 128

Exercise 44: Change the E2B menu and background 129

Exercise 45: Hide the E2B files in root folder 129

Exercise 46: Add more Sub-Menus 130

Change the font 130

Multiple menu backgrounds 131

Animation and Stamps 131

Exercise 47: Add DNA animation to the E2B menu 132

Exercise 48: Add jokes to the menus 134

Changing the preset Menu headings and other language strings 135

Exercise 49: Change a preset E2B Menu heading 135

SDI_CHOCO 137

Exercise 50: Automated Win10 installation using SDI_CHOCO 137

Backing up your E2B drive 141

Making another E2B drive 141

Support for E2B 142

Appendix 143

File extension suffixes ('AUTO', '32' or '64', 'PWD') 143

List of all file extensions recognised by E2B 144

.imgPTN Partition image file extensions 148

Suggested file extensions to use for different ISOs/payloads 151

Acknowledgements 151

Feedback please! 151