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Questions tagged [multiboot]

For questions pertaining to installing multiple operating systems on the same drive or on multiple drives that are present at the same time.

A multiboot computer system is a system where multiple operating systems are installed, either all on the same drive (hard drive, SD card or USB drive), or on multiple drives that are visible at the same time. Multibooting involves some configuration aspect that allows the user to select which operating system to load.

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NOOBS multiboot - resize partitions

I just started playing with NOOBS and a question came to my mind. I installed Raspbian, OpenELEC and OSMC on the same SD. The config didn't ask how I wanted to split the memory for the three OSs and now I wonder if I can give more space to one of…
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Is network boot possible on Raspberry Pi?

I have several RPI and want them to have a common OS shared thanks to a hotpot generated from a central computer, hence my question: Is network boot possible on Rasperry PI?
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Noobs minimum/maximum partition size

I have installed libreelec and raspbian on single SD card using NOOBS. Raspbian got 8GB partition and LibreElec about 5GB. OpenElec takes only 256MB so I would like it to be assigned partition no bigger than 1GB and I would like raspbian to fill…
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Dual booting a Linux and Windows OS

I'm aware of BerryBoot, but this only allows the multi-booting of two or more Linux based OSes, So is there anyway to boot two different OSes? If not, can you please explain why not, as well, please?
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Pi3 raspbian + recalbox dual boot problem

Hi there, Got myself a pi3 a few weeks ago. I’m new to this environment. Mounted recalbox on one sd card to relive the good old days. installed raspbian on another sd card for other purposes . Everything worked fine. Reading about the pi3 i…
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Boot Into OS Depending on physical switch position

Does anyone know of a boot-loader existing, or if NOOBS can interpret the position of a switch/read GPIO pins at boot then pick the partition to boot into based on what it reads? E.g. Switch in position 1 boots into Raspbian, 2 into OpenElec,…
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reset OS on NOOBS multiboot

I have 3 operating systems on 3 different partitions on 1 SD, one of them is not working properly. How do I factory reset/reinstall one of them? 1) Raspbian 2) OSMC 3) Retropie I logged in as root user on (1) raspbian found the (3) retropie root…
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Can I install the same OS more than once in multiboot mode?

I'm using OpenELEC on my Pi. Recently I installed an addon that broke one of my existing addons. I got an idea that instead of going crazy trying to fix that, I might install the same distro 2 times on the same SD card and let each addon live in its…
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How can I triple boot operating systems?

I hope this isn't a stupid question, but I'm trying to load Retropie, Raspbian, and really any variant of Kodi/XBMC, all onto one SD card Using Berryboot, I wasn't able to do much(it didn't recognize my WiFi adapter), so I'll be trying to add all 3…
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Questions about multi-boot

Good afternoon everyone. I installed raspbian / retropie / kodi by berryboot . Whenever I turn , appears the OS selection screen to boot . I would like to hold the automatically boot the last OS used . I would also like to create a file in raspbian…
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Dual-Boot Ubuntu, Raspbian?

I have one micro SD card and would prefer to not get another one right now. I would also like to boot more then one OS. Preferably Raspbian and Ubuntu. (20 version) is there any installer software that helps with that. Any solutions will be helpful…
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Should I use Berry boot or 2 SD cards?

Would it be better to swap SD cards to switch from Retropie to Raspbian, etc. or use Berry boot on same SD card and store Roms on my network or USB stick? Also, does anyone have experience using network or USB storage for Retropie roms? Any…
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Is there a way to customise the bootmenu UI for NOOBS

I want to customise the bootmenu shown with my Raspbian + Kodi setup. I have not found any reliable guides how to do this. Using Rpi3B with Noobs
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remote multiple raspberry pi using ssh without password

I using for i in ... ; do ssh pi@$ip sudo halt; done to turn off multiple raspberry pi. But i don't want iput password one by one for a lot of raspberry pi. So what should I do that?
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Relax-and-Recover Bootable Image Types that work with the Raspberry Pi?

Are there any bootable image types that Relax-and-Recover creates that could be booted and used to restore the system layout on a Raspberry Pi / Jesse 8? I know that the system layout of the SD Card on the Raspberry Pi isn't at all similar to that…
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