> I need to boot into a hard drive diagnostic tool which is provided only as > an ISO image by the manufacturer. Since my laptop does not have a CD drive, > I hoped I could use a USB flash drive to run this tool from.
I would try `grub-imageboot`: put the .iso into /boot/images/ then
update-grub, then boot and select the iso image from the menu.
It works at least on my Thinkpad T61 to boot into the BIOS-update
ISO images distributed by the manufacturer.
Stefan
