On 22.06.2011 22:37, Swapnesh Chaubal wrote: > 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. > Have a look at ubuntu/casper and http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wiki/Loopback.cfg to see how it's done properly. It short: you completely miss the point and "running a program/python script in GRUB" makes little sense. To load linux/initrd from image from GRUB it's enough 4 simple commands: loopback, linux, initrd, boot. But you need special initrd to do the rest > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Martin Rosenau <mar...@rosenau-ka.de > <mailto: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 <mailto: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 list >> Grub-devel@gnu.org <mailto:Grub-devel@gnu.org> >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
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