I have a setup like that on a 16GB usb key. I forget the name, but it was a pretty basic syslinux based boot, and it would scan a directory for ISOs and present them all as "boot options". It "just worked" on the computers I tested it on, I used it mainly for debian-live and for debian-testing-netinstall images...
I can't remember the name now, but I'll try and remember when I get home to check the key... On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:35 PM, Prof J C Nash (U30A) <nas...@uottawa.ca>wrote: > THanks. I'd thought of the XXXLinux approaches, but have only used them > for individual images (and frankly used them but did not learn much how > they work). I should probably look further into it. > > However, by using archivemount I found the name of the initrd and kernel > for TinyCore-current and got it to boot with grub2. So far no joy with > gparted iso. The hint came from a page > > http://www.pendrivelinux.com/**boot-multiple-iso-from-usb-** > via-grub2-using-linux/<http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-multiple-iso-from-usb-via-grub2-using-linux/> > > However, they show a grub.cfg file with lots of different setups for > different iso's, and it looks like they change with the flavour of the > month of each distro. > > If I figure out the "rules" I'll try to write them up and post a link > here. In the meantime, if anyone is interested in sharing the > investigation, contact me off list. This is obviously not top of the todo > list, but it struck me as a nice way to have iso's bootable, including the > boot-repair disks. > > Best, JN > > > On 13-03-12 10:18 PM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 06:36:14PM -0400, Prof J C Nash (U30A) wrote: >> >>> I've an old 40G 2.5" drive from a dead laptop that is in a USB case. >>> >>> My thought was to use it for holding a bunch of .iso images of >>> liveCDs. However, I've had no joy trying to set up booting of these. >>> >>> Multisystem "sort of" worked once. Seems glitchy, and attached to >>> different systems had different behaviour. >>> >>> Gujin (following some suggested approaches on net) did not fire up. >>> >>> Grub seems needs an interface to the isos, and instructions I found >>> seemed to suggest I could simply specify the isos in the grub.cfg, >>> which failed when I tried. (The recipe I tried was not clear if it >>> wanted grub or grub2, and I suspect therein lies some of the >>> trouble.) >>> >>> Has anyone done something like this. I'd be happy to get some >>> advice, get it working and write a 1-pager. I've rather put the isos >>> on an external drive than burn them to cd/dvd. >>> >> >> Peter Anvin's SYSLINUX or ISO LINUX would be the way I'd go. >> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**SYSLINUX<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYSLINUX> >> >> http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/**index.php/The_Syslinux_Project<http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/The_Syslinux_Project> >> >> I'm already using pxelinux on my network to boot a number of >> distributions. >> >> Cheers, JN >>> >> >> slainte mhath, RGB >> >> -- >> Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ < >> hpv.tricolour.net> >> <www.TriColour.net> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride >> yer bike! >> Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% >> Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790_**_(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_______** >> __________ >> >> ______________________________**_________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/**listinfo/linux<http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux> > > -- Aidan Van Dyk Create like a god, ai...@highrise.ca command like a king, http://www.highrise.ca/ work like a slave. _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
