From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B1FFF1382C5 for ; Sun, 18 Feb 2018 14:33:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1589FE0C20; Sun, 18 Feb 2018 14:32:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01a.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01a.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0F8AE09BD for ; Sun, 18 Feb 2018 14:32:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=peak.localnet) by smarthost01a.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1enQ1O-0004vq-L8 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 18 Feb 2018 14:32:54 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Boot Gentoo live iso from grub Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 14:32:54 +0000 Message-ID: <2699105.PNGbl8SyXR@peak> In-Reply-To: <20180218021046.272970c3@digimed.co.uk> References: <2354992.1U7z9vWMk8@matrics> <2064013.mWEeB54lUN@matrics> <20180218021046.272970c3@digimed.co.uk> 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01a-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: c780657d-3f16-47db-908d-69279d0c8287 X-Archives-Hash: 285adb953b611d004953c22ffeb41860 On Sunday, 18 February 2018 02:10:46 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 00:44:05 +0200, zless wrote: > > I've grown a bit tired by this already. Before I will try your and > > Neil's suggestions I will test my luck with the Sysrescuecd iso. > > It seems that more people are interested in this and are reporting > > success. > > submenu "SystemRescueCd 64 bit options" { > menuentry "SystemRescueCd with default options" { > linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue64 isoloop=$isofile > initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz > } > > menuentry "SystemRescueCd with all files cached to memory" { > linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue64 isoloop=$isofile docache > initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz > } > } > > You can also add extra boot options, like setting the keymap to avoid the > boot process pausing to ask for your choice. > > There's also a way to boot systemrescuecd from a bootloader that doesn't > support ISO loading, like the systemd UEFI boot manager (aka gummiboot). I just plug in the SysRescCD USB-3 stick. Much less complication ;) -- Regards, Peter.