[Cialug] Booting an iso image with grub2

[Matt Stanton]

I've run across howtos on this before and, naturally, I can't seem to find them.  I did run across an Ubuntu forums post that you might be able to find some info in if you're willing to dig around:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1535864

I also ran across this nifty article about how it's possible to use Unetbootin to automatically set up the ISO and modify your grub2 menu:

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/how-to-boot-iso-with-grub2-easy-way.html

I believe I ran across the Grub2/ISO boot option rundown on the Arch Linux wiki, but I can't find it, so I could be wrong (or the page was about something else and just mentioned this ability... or I saw it in the Grub2 man pages when I was pulling my hair out trying to do things "the Arch Way" (yeah, I've been sucked into Arch a bit lately (triple-parenthetical nest FTW!))).

-- Matt (N0BOX)

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-----Original Message-----
From: "L. V. Lammert" <lvl at omnitec.net>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 9:06 PM
Subject: [Cialug] Booting an iso image with grub2

Is there a trick to booting an iso image with grub2? I'm not talking about
a thumb drive , .. ratner a copy on the hard disk?

Seens like even with the config properly in /etc/grub.d, it gets 'lost' in
the boot process - I assume because the drive has not mounted yet and/or
there is no BIOS boot in place?

Every note I can find on the 'Net talks about external iso images.

	TIA,

	Lee
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