I'm trying to reimage Lenovo ThinkPads by transforming multiple bootable USB keys into a single USB that can boot different recovery images for various machines. Lenovo provides recovery images exclusively through a tool that generates bootable USBs, but what I want is to create a flexible bootable media (HDD/SSD/Flash/PXE) that lets me select which recovery image to load during boot. I know this would usually require ISO images, but I'm working with proprietary Lenovo recovery images. Currently, I can only clone each USB and restore it each time I need to reimage, which is tedious and time-consuming. Any suggestions on how to achieve this?
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Have you thought about using OSDCloud? It can deploy multiple WIM files, and the GUI makes it pretty user-friendly. I’m not sure if your recovery images are in WIM format, but if they are, OSDCloud might be a good fit for you.
Unfortunately, that's not going to work for me. The Lenovo images come with custom scripts embedded, and there’s a reason I’m focusing on transforming that bootable USB! I appreciate the suggestion though!