From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE9991381F3 for ; Sat, 18 May 2013 12:30:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CF3D6E09D2; Sat, 18 May 2013 12:29:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f172.google.com (mail-we0-f172.google.com [74.125.82.172]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 85DAFE09BB for ; Sat, 18 May 2013 12:29:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f172.google.com with SMTP id w60so3981987wes.31 for ; Sat, 18 May 2013 05:29:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id; bh=hCkF8AAmb5odMARjRtmShE4Pm3YzuJk/HZKLVPG5FVI=; b=aQr9UnMyC+sq8AyvuZoICqHcbO83NPgWNC/x1U8mKo1yLrnPgbg96USsOpY0yDJmxf kaqVx765Yf/ThAuqqsRFsp8Iar9tS83t6bjFxOlb1bHLrMJafXNMYxMDq/YG4fibqWW6 bBqhP//iaWemJyCdzM8X6VTSI//xP9jokUkJfwFVUJf3w1xWzE1jieuny+M06/aJ+WWn wmeDlGVgswAUJnXSHSco1mbGeguhP13Zdi0fN31ZYv9a6KVhiRtpDNg/Z/S8OVhq/2KC 2WEhRXzRZkiAvMPUxtffiowOikVpmAkNvJkREUYnvIMLn7wbkWdJVQXEsfYehg+Af1Gw dadQ== X-Received: by 10.181.13.74 with SMTP id ew10mr2253853wid.9.1368880190987; Sat, 18 May 2013 05:29:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id eq15sm2492303wic.4.2013.05.18.05.29.49 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 18 May 2013 05:29:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Booting LiveCD iso from hard drive with GRUB legacy Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 13:26:29 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.8.13-gentoo; KDE/4.10.2; x86_64; ; ) References: <201305180916.19740.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20130518110851.2ad2d3e6.tastytea@riseup.net> In-Reply-To: <20130518110851.2ad2d3e6.tastytea@riseup.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2562998.Rujh3kGZyY"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201305181329.42982.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 2550dbb5-b3dd-4f2d-8a27-6de3ca5cb035 X-Archives-Hash: 58054053de3ffb0073221743dacf2333 --nextPart2562998.Rujh3kGZyY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday 18 May 2013 10:08:51 tastytea wrote: > On Sat, 18 May 2013 09:15:44 +0100 >=20 > Mick wrote: > > Hi All, > >=20 > > Is there a way of achieving this? >=20 > Hi, > Maybe it works with chainloader? > See "info grub" for more information. Thanks, but I don't know if there is a way to point grub legacy to a=20 particular partition, other than boot, to select an ISO from it. My /boot= =20 partition is not large enough for a LiveDVD ISO file. Plus, I'm not sure t= hat=20 GRUB legacy can mount an ISO as a loopback device. When I tried: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D root (hd0,10) makeactive chainloader /KNOPPIX_V7.0.5DVD-2012-12-21-EN.iso =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D I got: Error 12, no suitable device found (or similar). =20 =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2562998.Rujh3kGZyY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAABAgAGBQJRl3Q2AAoJELAdA+zwE4YevlEH/3UJHBAZRDrnIQv4Y8BL1iIV p7nqHOEQ2YBi5LcWIrv5L0OtVCBum+j8aComTfDUp/9jicZXia7r3CyMVzbpDXRz me7KoXpLNuCiqAIkTLEyAQopELGDbH7AIxr6xep7MB4/GqBeRGOXqaT3ctq0iiI1 ZFTB4AiGL8TKdXSlVcO5gpoYGw6vMSXEohw/CXiYcBiTsI7OKIamsE2Fl2BprjxK iy9DMQp79BCEE+apGih/1QlfhbjmpoKpR2hSA8eOt33c8VfRHBRSK1gTjEQFSLlP InCIXrOGTPnt1/VUlZyiPFIGhSes+o4xRagzPIKDr/HBVEfDbBIVW1F5AaJJfzA= =YhZW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2562998.Rujh3kGZyY--