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big sur and mojave installers on same bootable usb-stick?

Hi!

can I drop 2 complete installers (Big Sur and Mojave) on the same bootable USB-stick?

that is, can I actually boot into the selected installer?

thanks!

Mac mini, macOS 10.14

Posted on Apr 29, 2021 1:45 AM

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Posted on Apr 29, 2021 5:47 AM

daveveveve wrote:

Hi!
can I drop 2 complete installers (Big Sur and Mojave) on the same bootable USB-stick?
that is, can I actually boot into the selected installer?
thanks!

FWiW, the previous reply is incorrect. You can partition a sufficiently large flash drive and create separate bootable installers on each partition then boot to the one you choose. I have one with Catalina and Big Sur installed.

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Apr 29, 2021 5:47 AM in response to daveveveve

daveveveve wrote:

Hi!
can I drop 2 complete installers (Big Sur and Mojave) on the same bootable USB-stick?
that is, can I actually boot into the selected installer?
thanks!

FWiW, the previous reply is incorrect. You can partition a sufficiently large flash drive and create separate bootable installers on each partition then boot to the one you choose. I have one with Catalina and Big Sur installed.

big sur and mojave installers on same bootable usb-stick?

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