bootable usb drive info...

bootable usb thumb drive with 2 partitions

partition 1 - ntfs
partition 2 - ext4

copy boot folder to partition 2.

set partition 2 as bootable

from linux box

CAN use gparted to create partitions

1 setup partitions
2 format partitions
3 mount ext4 partition on linux box
4 mkdir "/mnt/usbp2/boot/grub"
5 from linux box run "grub-install --boot-directory /mnt/partition2/boot /dev/usbp2"
6 replace "/mnt/usbp2/boot/grub/grub.cfg" with this grub.cfg
7 copy overwriting /"mnt/usbp2" with this stuff (memdisk, *.iso, etc)

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zero out partition table
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx bs=512 count=4

gparted
device --> create partition table "msdos"
create 2 partitions
p1 = ntfs (7.xGB)
p2 = ext4 (500MB)
exit

install grub bootloader to usb device
sudo grub-install --boot-directory /mnt/usbp2/boot /dev/sdx

copy boot folder to usb p2
sudo cp -r ./boot /mnt/usbp2

reboot to usb and test.
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