Re: Booting to .iso? - Possible with GRUB4DOS - Please add this support to GRUB2

[step21]

I didn't mean you need an additional grub command ... but w/e

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Vladimir Serbinenko <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:14 PM, step21 <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> Or maybe this makes it more clear: With wubi (which uses grub4dos) for
>> example this only works, because the ubuntu installer and lateron the
>> installed system provide additional software that enables the system
>> to do so. (lupin/caspar)
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> on this system you don't need any additional command. Just load kernel from
> loopback
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>> This only works if specifically supported by
>> some iso, it will not work to boot isos in general.
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>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Vladimir Serbinenko <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>> > Usefulness of this is limited to situation where payload uses bios calls
>> > which are quite few (dos and dos based tools, some booters). You can't
>> > boot
>> > a modern OS this way: it will fail the millisecond OS switches to its
>> > own
>> > drivers. Additionally to do such thing you need to leave kernel in
>> > memory.
>> > Leaving kernel in memory can be useful in some situations but needs
>> > memory
>> > restructuring. Follow parallel thread on moving kernel to high memory
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>> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Chip Panarchy <address@hidden>
>> > wrote:
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>> >> Hello
>> >>
>> >> Please add support for booting to a .iso into GRUB2.
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>> >> More info: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5041
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>> >> Thanks in advance,
>> >>
>> >> Panarchy
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