On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:22:08 +0100
Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat 28 Apr 2012 at 16:48:00 +0530, J. Bakshi wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:48:56 +1200
> > Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> > > Have you googled? Also, Ubuntu questions should be asked on an Ubuntu
> > > list.
> > >
> >
> > It is not an ubuntu specific issue. OK, I have replaced the config with
> > debian now,
> > into a running grub2
> >
> > ` ` ` ` `
> > menuentry "debian-6.0.3-amd64-netinst.iso" {
> > loopback loop /debian-6.0.3-amd64-netinst.iso
> > linux (loop)/install.amd/vmlinuz boot=install.amd
> > iso-scan/filename=/debian-6.0.3-amd64-netinst.iso noeject noprompt
> > video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr
> > initrd (loop)/install.amd/initrd.gz
> > }
>
> True, the question is not Ubuntu specific. However, being able to boot
> an iso via loopback does depend on whether it has been built to support
> that feature and how it goes about it.
>
> One of my entries in 40_custom:
>
> menuentry "i386 netinst" {
> loopback loop /boot/isos/debian-6.0.4-i386-netinst.iso
> linux (loop)/install.386/vmlinuz
> initrd (loop)/install.386/initrd.gz
>
> Telling GRUB where the iso is and the locations of the kernel and the
> initrd are very often all that is required.
>
> This works for me. Tested not five minutes ago. How do you go on with
> it?
>
>
As I mentioned before, one of my pendrives having grub-1.95 has no problem to
boot the iso,
but the one with grub-1.99 has problem with same iso. The location of the iso
is correct.
I guess there is something with 1.99 version of grub
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