Hello!
I was looking through internet for how to boot ISO files from a boot loader, and I'd like that boot loader was GRUB.
But I saw in some forums that GRUB doesn't do that directly, unless by extracting the contents and/or copying the file to an empty partition.
However, I found that
Grub4DOS boots some ISO files (and it works on DOS, Windows and Linux, not only the named DOS), and
Grub2 can do it also
.
Here an example of
menu.lst Grub4DOS config file to boot an ISO image:
title Puppy Linux 5.1.1 (Lucid Puppy)
find --set-root /linux/puppy.iso
map /linux/puppy.iso (0xff) || map --mem /linux/puppy.iso (0xff)
map --hook
chainloader (0xff)
Here an example of
grub.cfg Grub2 config file to boot an ISO image:
menuentry "Ubuntu 10.04" {
set isofile="/boot/iso/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,1)$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
References:
-
Grub4DOS Guide
-
Grub 2 Guide
Hope you enjoy!
