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With grub2 you can easily boot livecd image from hard drive. | With [[Grub| grub2]], you can easily boot a livecd image from your hard drive. | ||
== General guide == | == General guide == | ||
This is general example. | {{fancynote| This is general example. It may not work with all livecds.}} | ||
1. Copy the iso image to root folder for simplicity : | 1. Copy the iso image to root folder for simplicity: | ||
< | <console> | ||
###i## cp /home/user/downloads/systemrescuecd.iso /src.iso | |||
</console> | |||
2. Reboot and when grub2 loads press 'c' for console. | 2. Reboot and when grub2 loads press 'c' for console. Run the following commands (tab autocompletion is your friend): | ||
< | <console> | ||
loopback loop (hd0,2)/src.iso | |||
linux (loop)/boot/vmlinuz | linux (loop)/boot/vmlinuz | ||
initrd (loop)/boot/initrd.lz | initrd (loop)/boot/initrd.lz | ||
boot</ | boot | ||
</console> | |||
[[Category:HOWTO]] | [[Category:HOWTO]] | ||
Revision as of 18:09, June 27, 2014
With grub2, you can easily boot a livecd image from your hard drive.
General guide
Note
This is general example. It may not work with all livecds.
1. Copy the iso image to root folder for simplicity:
root # cp /home/user/downloads/systemrescuecd.iso /src.iso
2. Reboot and when grub2 loads press 'c' for console. Run the following commands (tab autocompletion is your friend):
loopback loop (hd0,2)/src.iso linux (loop)/boot/vmlinuz initrd (loop)/boot/initrd.lz boot