Raspberry Pi: Easily Boot Multiple Linux Distributions From The Same SD Card With BerryBoot

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a title="raspberry pi transparent case" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Z0V0NkZsck/USJRyvvO7yI/AAAAAAAAN0A/E6Fbmxf2aIU/s1600/rasberry-pi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="raspberry pi transparent case" border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Z0V0NkZsck/USJRyvvO7yI/AAAAAAAAN0A/E6Fbmxf2aIU/s320/rasberry-pi.jpg" title="raspberry pi transparent case" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>BerryBoot is a tool / bootloader that allows you to install (and boot) multiple Linux distributions on the same SD card or USB drive. It supports <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/raspberry-pi-computer-goes-on-sale.html">Raspberry Pi</a> as well as Android tablets, TV sticks and boards that have an Allwinner A10 processor, such as <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/mk802-new-usb-thumb-drive-sized-android.html">MK802</a>.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The Raspberry Pi version which I've tested can automatically download and install the following Linux distributions / utilities: Debian Wheezy Raspbian, XBMC (OpenELEC), Puppy Linux, RaspRazor (Qt/Raror desktop), Sugar, LTSP thinclient BerryTerminl, BerryWebserver (lightweight webserver software bundle with Lighttpd, PHP 5.3 and SQLITE) and Memtester.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/berryboot.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="BerryBoot boot menu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/berryboot_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boot menu - select OS to boot</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Berryboot comes with a menu editor that allows you do add more operating systems, rename or delete existing Linux distributions and so on. You can also add your own custom operating systems to the menu - see the bottom of the Berrybot <a href="http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot#adding_your_own_custom_operating_systems_to_the_menu">homepage</a> for more info. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Using Berryboot</b> is very easy: simply download the zip, extract it and copy the contents to the SD card, which must be formatted to FAT (you can use Gparted to format the SD card). Then start Raspberry Pi and follow the instructions:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/berryboot-install-distro.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Berryboot install distro" src="http://img.netupd8.com/berryboot-install-distro_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Berryboot - selecting an OS to install</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot">Download Berryboot</a></b></div><br /><br />The Berryboot source code is available @ <a href="https://github.com/maxnet/berryboot">GitHub</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>seen on <a href="http://korben.info/berryboot-du-multiboot-facile-sur-le-raspberry-pi.html">korben.info</a>, screenshots via <a href="http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot">BerryBoot</a></i></div>

Raspberry Pi: Easily Boot Multiple Linux Distributions From The Same SD Card With BerryBoot

BerryBoot is a tool / bootloader that allows you to install (and boot) multiple Linux distributions on the same SD card or USB drive. It sup...

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