Re: Can GRUB boot an ISO file?

[lode . leroy]

>> Hi all GRUB people,
>> I'd like to ask a question: is it possible to use GRUB to boot an ISO
>> image file (e.g., a GNU/Linux live CD) stored on the hard disk, without
>> having to burn a CD?
>
>No, and that is technically not possible (AFAIK).
>

well, what needs to be done for this is to read the el-torito floppy disk
image from the iso file, which is inside another file system, i.e. FAT (or
more likely NTFS)

some alternatives that might accomplish what you want:

Topologilinux uses an initrd to in which they mount the host file system,
then mount the image file inside that filesystem, and then continue to
boot from there.... should be possible to adapt.

Or use coLinux to run linux in a process, and use the iso as filesystem.
That should work.

-- lode



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