> whoa...THAT's what I need I think.
>
> can you post an iso of that cd so I can use it as a reference?
OK, you can fetch:
http://msbit.com/osdv/sample-grub.iso
It is grub plus the Ubuntu 9.04 kernel. You can interrupt the boot
sequence and edit the kernel line to specify the desired root
whoa...THAT's what I need I think.
can you post an iso of that cd so I can use it as a reference?
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Robert A. Lerche wrote:
> What I have done is to build a grub CD that also includes copies of
> the kernel and initrd from the desired root device. Grub can then
What I have done is to build a grub CD that also includes copies of
the kernel and initrd from the desired root device. Grub can then use
the same BIOS I/O to start the kernel and the kernel will have the
device support for the BIOS-inaccessible root device.
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On Monday 28 June 2010 01:35:40 Eric Miller wrote:
> do most of the standard bootloaders (grub/,lilo, etc) have the ability to
> boot to usb even when the BIOS doesn't natively support boot to usb or
> floppy emulation?
Most standard bootloaders do not, i believe the smartbootmanager would be able
"If plop functions perfectly, extract its files, extract its
initrd/initramfs
and create a better one. At least examine how they made it work."
it's a binary file, compiled.
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Neal Murphy wrote:
> On Monday 28 June 2010 10:05:33 Eric Miller wrote:
> > i'm trying t
On Monday 28 June 2010 10:05:33 Eric Miller wrote:
> i'm trying to avoid using plop, the interface is very ugly and this is for
> a professional project.
>
> plop functions perfectly thoughit just looks like a video game from
> 1985.
>
> could I do a full boot into a small linux like tinycore a
i'm trying to avoid using plop, the interface is very ugly and this is for a
professional project.
plop functions perfectly thoughit just looks like a video game from
1985.
could I do a full boot into a small linux like tinycore and then do some
kind of scripted chroot?
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Andrew Benton wrote:
> On 28/06/10 00:35, Eric Miller wrote:
>> do most of the standard bootloaders (grub/,lilo, etc) have the ability
>> to boot to usb even when the BIOS doesn't natively support boot to usb
>> or floppy emulation?
>>
> I don't think so. I don't k
On 28/06/10 00:35, Eric Miller wrote:
> do most of the standard bootloaders (grub/,lilo, etc) have the ability
> to boot to usb even when the BIOS doesn't natively support boot to usb
> or floppy emulation?
>
I don't think so. I don't know about lilo. I don't think that grub has
the drivers to do
>
>
> do most of the standard bootloaders (grub/,lilo, etc) have the ability to
> boot to usb even when the BIOS doesn't natively support boot to usb or
> floppy emulation?
>
A qualified no.
The qualifier is you could use a plop cd to boot to USB.
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