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Re: Search for Windows installations from Grub shell
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Randy Goldenberg |
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Re: Search for Windows installations from Grub shell |
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Sat, 5 Nov 2022 11:32:17 -0700 |
What is the motivation for creating a Linux live CD that boots Windows
from a hard drive?
On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 11:00 AM X Tec <xtec@trimaso.com.mx> wrote:
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> Hello
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> I'd like to make a custom Grub menu for a Linux liveCD such that it scanned
> for any Windows installations (ranging from XP to 11) in all detected disks
> and partitions of the PC, so to use a $var which value depends whether there
> are no Windows installations or at least one. Then using this $var as boot
> parameter for the Linux liveCD.
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> At first I imagine it'd be a matter of scanning for any existing "Windows
> bootloaders" in all the existing partitions, or something like that...
> But, could this be possible and practical?
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> Thanks.
>