multicd

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Just a heads up - the domains multicd.us and netbootcd.us are *no longer used* and will probably be dropped around this time next year. Please update all bookmarks to lakora.us/multicd and lakora.us/netbootcd, and if you have any old copies of NetbootCD that use the “download” function to grab an updated script from netbootcd.us, burn a new one - newer versions reach out to GitHub instead.

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Notice:

MultiCD and NetbootCD have moved to https://www.lakora.us/multicd and https://www.lakora.us/netbootcd respectively.

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I’ve updated NetbootCD to 9.0. FYI - next year I plan on moving both multicd and netbootcd from their dedicated domains to another site. (This means you won’t be able to download NetbootCD from netbootcd.us anymore.)

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Changes in default output filename and -o behavior

This weekend I’ll be changing the default output path for MultiCD from multicd.iso to build/multicd.iso.

In addition, the -o option will change. Previously, you could specify a relative or absolute path; now, you must specify either an absolute path or a filename without an extension. If you specify a filename, the .iso extension will be added and the file will be placed in the “build” folder.

The motivation behind this change is to prevent MultiCD from detecting an ISO that it previously created (if you choose a name other than the default multicd.iso). Additionally, if a future version of MultiCD produces more than one output file, the build folder will be a good place to put them.

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Some new plugins have been added to MultiCD recently, including Manjaro, Porteus Kiosk, and boot-repair disk. I’ve also fixed a couple of bugs, and improved performance a little bit on Cygwin (although it’s still slow!)

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NetbootCD 7.2 fixes a kernel parameters bug (among other things).

https://github.com/IsaacSchemm/netbootcd/releases/tag/v7.2

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NetbootCD 7.0 has been released. You can now load the newest version over iPXE, among other changes. http://netbootcd.us

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MultiCD now supports Kali Linux. Go to github.com/IsaacSchemm/MultiCD for the newest version.

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NetbootCD 6.4.1 has been released at http://netbootcd.us.

I’m thinking about making a version of NetbootCD that just uses iPXE and maybe PXELINUX to download a list of installers and utilities from netbootcd.us, bypassing Tiny Core. This would be a separate release, and wouldn’t necessarily replace the existing NetbootCD. Does anyone know if something like this exists yet?

For reference, SliTaz has a Web Boot option in the 5.0-rc3 image that uses iPXE.

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The antiX and SliTaz plugins have been updated, and the Kapersky Rescue Disk plugin has been fixed.

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Support has been added for Parabola (https://www.parabola.nu/) and Tails (https://tails.boum.org/).

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Thanks to a github pull request, the SYSLINUX com32 problems have been fixed, and so has the rescatux plugin.

You can also now put files in a folder called “backup” and they will end up in a folder called “backup” on the CD.

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NetbootCD 6.2 released

NetbootCD 6.2 (based on Core 6.2) is now available at netbootcd.us.

The biggest new feature is support for automatic provisioning scripts (developed by Bohdan Turkynewych), which lets you use NetbootCD for a whole new purpose. If a file named nbprovision.sh is on a removable medium (e.g. CD/DVD or USB drive) when NetbootCD boots, it will run that file instead of the standard nbscript.sh.

You can prevent this from occurring by passing the kernel parameter nb_noprobe=1, or specify an HTTP URL to download a script from by using the kernel paramter nb_provisionurl=http://...

In any case, the NetbootCD main menu also has a provision option that lets you enter a URL at that point.

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Website moving!

The MultiCD and NetbootCD websites will be moving soon, to multicd.us and netbootcd.us, respectively. I’m moving them off of tuxfamily (which has been great, by the way!) and onto a nearlyfreespeech server that I’ll pay for myself.

There will also be a new look for both sites. You can see it at this blog (blog.multicd.us).

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NetbootCD 6.1 is out. (NetbootCD version numbers track TinyCore’s.) Besides version number updates, Fedora versions 21+ are now supported, and the Debian expert mode is fixed.

http://netbootcd.tuxfamily.org

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NetbootCD 5.4 is out. Mageia is now available and some of the version numbers have been updated. http://netbootcd.tuxfamily.org/

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Mageia support added to multicd. You can use any one of the live CDs/DVDs.

http://multicd.tuxfamily.org/supported.html