Re: boot from a iso with grub-imageboot problem

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

On 12/21/2011 11:25 AM, afuentes wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-12-21 at 09:28 -0500, Wayne Topa wrote:
> > On 12/21/2011 06:38 AM, afuentes wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2011-12-21 at 05:53 -0500, Wayne Topa wrote:
> > > > Can you show us what the /etc/default/grub-imageboot file looks like.
> > >
> > >
> > > with pleasure :)
> > >
> > > cat /etc/default/grub-imageboot
> > >
> > > # Where to find the iso/floppy images
> > >
> > > IMAGES="IMAGES="/home/afuentes/qindel/isos"
> >
> > I tried that too and it does not work. Why, because you are booting the
> > iso NOT your (squeeze/wheezy/sid) the .iso file does not know about your
> > home directory.  You have to put the iso file in /boot/images/ for it to
> > work.
>
> well, the weird thing is that grml-rescueboot is a very similar package
> (similar configure file to read isos, etc...) and ITS ABLE to find the
> isos, even if in my /home :)
>
> Try it yourself, i kid you not :). I tried with grml-rescueboot and its
> able to find the iso.
>
> greets!
> aL

You are correct, grml-rescue can find the location of the ISOs with the
location entered into /etc/default/grml-rescue-boot.  BUT, here on 
wheezy, even though the iso's are included in the Grub2 boot screen,  it 
does not load them.   :-(   That is why I was trying out grub-imageboot. 
 I also don't want my iso's in /boot but it does load
them.

Maybe a wishlist item for grub-imageboot.  :-)


> PD: the thing is, my boot partition is very small and outside lvm, i
> should have to resize everything. And i think its technically possible
> to read from there, coz other similar program (same authors i think) its
> able to do it ... :)