Thanks for the reply Martin, is there any other way to achieve this? I do not need to python script for it, I need to run an executable which reads the virtual hard-disk. So I think I'll need to run this executable and add an entry in grub.conf before the boot menu shows up.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Martin Rosenau <mar...@rosenau-ka.de>wrote: > ** > Hello > > I do not think you can run Python scripts from GRUB. A Python interpreter > is a very large program requiring a complete operating system. It would be > very complex to run such scripts from GRUB... > > Martin > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Swapnesh Chaubal <scha...@clemson.edu>wrote: > >> Hey folks, >> >> I use a script from VMWare to read a virtual hard-disk and then mount it >> to a drive in Linux. How can I boot from this mounted drive using grub (I >> need to mount the drive before booting to any OS). I could have all the >> mounting stuff written in a python/bash script. However, is there a way to >> run that script from GRUB or a GRUB module? >> >> Thanks, >> Swapnesh >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing > listGrub-devel@gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > >
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