From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Ovggq-0003KD-OY for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:21:36 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=40147 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ovggn-0003J8-M4 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:21:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ovggm-0002Gb-6H for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:21:33 -0400 Received: from mail-gx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.161.169]:45952) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ovggm-0002GX-3S for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:21:32 -0400 Received: by gxk9 with SMTP id 9so3486680gxk.0 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:21:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nlGw3pvVAFzRqjXR/BNckvMbSucs8vSGxgviG30Yfsk=; b=BixKEzEO0F9QtB9WixNQAWgT5BxoZeFI7SjMzTO4bhACTgrL7QuQdbcD96Gu3nEwWV Aox+cQqdTtNuIRMQNM/g/8n/vpwOFLxQGAa52QY8qsDfyQmhVpInuvRHgl/diVIgvury mu1Ipsbm1a3rm4hG+RHaUnB0oG6DFsH8CXRMA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=s5sucBlrfd9XIA7x3DBS0xYHNVDEIQtSgiXQO/fe0/c7wEP6wc/YA4qQDlcy7SLzo7 b6gSjVzEL6UDMmcQM0/ccXPedyFg8AY/f8q78uwwUPCJ9Xoqq/4KFWag9w9qwTUsWgL1 h9p8QlBdAATiInO5H+Yi0k6u94T0CIkvpWxYg= Received: by 10.100.121.11 with SMTP id t11mr960077anc.48.1284513690007; Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:21:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([189.64.76.52]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i30sm1148342anh.29.2010.09.14.18.21.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:21:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:21:46 -0300 From: Teresa e Junior To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20100914222146.550df6d5@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <372200.7833.qm@web24108.mail.ird.yahoo.com> References: <372200.7833.qm@web24108.mail.ird.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: LiveCD bootloader X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:21:35 -0000 On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 10:34:22 +0000 (GMT) Tom Davies 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