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From: Teresa e Junior <teresaejunior@gmail.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: LiveCD bootloader
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:21:46 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100914222146.550df6d5@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <372200.7833.qm@web24108.mail.ird.yahoo.com>

On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 10:34:22 +0000 (GMT)
Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi :)

Hi, Sorry for taking so long to answer!

> Are we talking about a bootloader that can be used inside a
> customised Cd?

We were talking about the bootloader that calls the live system, like
the one for choosing a Language in Ubuntu LiveCDs.

> Could grub2 be installed to hard-drive and dynamically
> include a menu item for LiveCd if it found an Ubuntu or other distros
> CD in the cd/dvd-drive?  I am not sure the complexity would be worth
> it?

I think loading a CD if found is a BIOS duty.

> If it could be done in some simple way then could it also boot
> iso files found in a specific location?  Again i am more curious
> about people's thoughts rather than thinking we really need this
> level of functionality.
> 
> Regards from
> Tom :)

This is already possible, see http://mgerards.net/blog/?p=16

See you!
Teresa e Junior


  reply	other threads:[~2010-09-15  1:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-09 10:34 LiveCD bootloader Tom Davies
2010-09-15  1:21 ` Teresa e Junior [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-09-08  2:42 Teresa e Junior
2010-09-08  5:09 ` Brendan Trotter
2010-09-08  5:24   ` Brendan Trotter
2010-09-08  8:34     ` Robert Millan
2010-09-08 22:47     ` Teresa e Junior
2010-09-08 22:52       ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2010-09-08 23:00         ` Teresa e Junior
2010-09-08 23:29           ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2010-09-08 23:46             ` Teresa e Junior
2010-09-09  1:33           ` Brendan Trotter
2010-09-09  6:51             ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2010-09-08  8:36 ` Robert Millan
2010-09-08 22:46   ` Teresa e Junior
2010-09-08 15:28 ` Andreas Born
2010-09-08 15:46   ` Colin Watson
2010-09-08 22:48   ` Teresa e Junior

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