MultiBoot USB with Grub2

 

 

MultiBoot USB with Grub2 (boot directly from iso files)

Thu, 07/16/2009 - 13:22 — panticz

DEVICE=/dev/sdb

VOLUME=MultiBootUSB

 

 

# create filesystem on usb pen

sudo mkfs.vfat -n ${VOLUME} ${DEVICE}1

 

 

# mount usb

mount ${DEVICE}1 /mnt/

 

 

# install grub2 on usb pen

grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt ${DEVICE}

 

 

# create grub config

cat <<EOF> /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg

menuentry "Ubuntu Live 11.04 64bit" {

loopback loop /boot/iso/ubuntu-11.04-desktop-amd64.iso

linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/boot/iso/ubuntu-11.04-desktop-amd64.iso noeject noprompt --

initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz

}

 

menuentry "Ubuntu Live 9.10 32bit" {

loopback loop /boot/iso/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso

linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/boot/iso/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso noeject noprompt --

initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz

}

 

menuentry "Ubuntu Live 9.10 64bit" {

loopback loop /boot/iso/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso

linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/boot/iso/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso noeject noprompt --

initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz

}

 

menuentry "Grml small 2009.10" {

loopback loop /boot/iso/grml-small_2009.10.iso

linux (loop)/boot/grmlsmall/linux26 findiso=/boot/iso/grml-small_2009.10.iso apm=power-off lang=us vga=791 boot=live nomce noeject noprompt --

initrd (loop)/boot/grmlsmall/initrd.gz

}

 

menuentry "tinycore" {

loopback loop /boot/iso/tinycore_2.3.1.iso

linux (loop)/boot/bzImage --

initrd (loop)/boot/tinycore.gz

}

 

menuentry "Netinstall 32 preseed" {

loopback loop /boot/iso/mini.iso

linux (loop)/linux auto url=http://www.panticz.de/pxe/preseed/preseed.seed locale=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=de netcfg/choose_interface=eth0 debconf/priority=critical --

initrd (loop)/initrd.gz

}

 

menuentry "debian-installer-amd64.iso" {

loopback loop /boot/iso/debian-installer-amd64.iso

linux (loop)/linux vga=normal --

initrd (loop)/initrd.gz

}

 

menuentry "BackTrack 4" {

linux /boot/bt4/boot/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw vga=0x317 --

initrd /boot/bt4/boot/initrd.gz

}

 

menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {

linux16 /boot/img/memtest86+.bin

}

 

menuentry "BackTrack ERR" {

loopback loop /boot/iso/bt4-pre-final.iso

linux (loop)/boot/vmlinuz find_iso/filename=/boot/iso/bt4-pre-final.iso BOOT=casper boot=casper nopersistent rw vga=0x317--

initrd (loop)/boot/initrd.gz

}

 

menuentry "XBMC ERR" {

loopback loop /boot/iso/XBMCLive.iso

linux (loop)/vmlinuz boot=cd isofrom=/dev/sda1/boot/iso/XBMCLive.iso xbmc=nvidia,nodiskmount,tempfs,setvolume loglevel=0 --

initrd (loop)/initrd0.img

}

 

menuentry "netboot.me" {

loopback loop /boot/iso/netbootme.iso

linux16 (loop)/GPXE.KRN

}

 

menuentry "debian installer amd64 netboot XEN pressed" {

linux /boot/debian/linux auto preseed/url=http://www.panticz.de/pxe/preseed/xen.seed locale=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=de netcfg/choose_interface=eth0 debconf/priority=critical --

initrd /boot/debian/initrd.gz

}

EOF

 

# create iso directory

mkdir /mnt/boot/iso

 

#

# download images

#

# maverick test

sudo wget http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso -P /boot/ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso

sudo ln -s /boot/ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso /boot/ubuntu-live-desktop-i386.iso

 

cat <<EOF>> /etc/grub.d/custom.cfg

menuentry "Ubuntu Live 32bit" {

loopback loop /boot/ubuntu-live-desktop-i386.iso

linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/boot/ubuntu-live-desktop-i386.iso noeject noprompt --

initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz

}

EOF

 

#?# sudo update-grub

 

 

# Ubuntu Live 9.10 32bit

wget http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/ubuntu.iso/9.10/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso -P /mnt/boot/iso

 

# Ubuntu Live 9.10 64bit

wget http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/ubuntu.iso/9.10/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso -P /mnt/boot/iso

 

# grml

wget http://grml.deb.at/grml-small_2009.10.iso -P /mnt/boot/iso

 

# tinycore

wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/release/tinycore_2.3.1.iso -P /mnt/boot/iso

 

# netinstall

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso -P /mnt/boot/iso

 

# xbmc

# unzip http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/xbmc/XBMC_Live-9.04.1.zip

 

# debian

wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso -O /mnt/boot/iso/debian-installer-amd64.iso

 

# netboot.me

wget http://static.netboot.me/gpxe/netbootme.iso -P /mnt/boot/iso

 

# umount

sync

umount /mnt/

 

 

 

# test

# debian

wget http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-502-amd64-netinst.iso

 

 

menuentry "debian-502-amd64-netinst.iso" {

loopback loop /boot/iso/debian-502-amd64-netinst.iso

linux (loop)/install.amd/vmlinuz vga=normal --

initrd (loop)/install.amd/initrd.gz

}

 

menuentry "debian installer amd64 netboot" {

linux /boot/debian/linux auto=true priority=critical vga=normal --

initrd /boot/debian/initrd.gz

}

 

# update debian installation files (/mnt/boot/debian/update.sh)

wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz -O initrd.gz

wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/linux -O linux

 

 

# links

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/94204

http://debianforum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=111249

http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2009/05/25/boot-an-iso-via-grub2/

https://wiki.edubuntu.org/Grub2

http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/GRUB_2/Konfiguration?highlight=cd