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

[step21]

also kernel will fail if it can't access/write to loopback (hfs+ comes
to mind, or kernel which does not support ntfs)

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:30 PM, step21 <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:14 PM, step21 <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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)
>>
>> on this system you don't need any additional command. Just load kernel from
>> loopback
>>>
>>> This only works if specifically supported by
>>> some iso, it will not work to boot isos in general.
>>>
>>> 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
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Chip Panarchy <address@hidden>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hello
>>> >>
>>> >> Please add support for booting to a .iso into GRUB2.
>>> >>
>>> >> More info: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5041
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks in advance,
>>> >>
>>> >> Panarchy
>>> >>
>>> >>
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