Fedora live image with grub

Grub3r · 06-08-2010, 07:02 AM

Hi there folks,

is it possible to boot fedora live cd image from usb thumb drive using grub? im trying to make multiboot usb thumb drive with live option on it, but cant seem to get it to work.

trying to load kernel and initrd resulting in this at the end of the fedora loading screen:

Code:

No root device found!
Boot has failed sleeping forever!

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Regards, Gr0b

halvy · 06-08-2010, 05:27 PM

I know it's possible but you need to use a special initrd.

Also if you are using Grub 2 it may have different requirements for booting an iso that Grub legacy versions did.

I am not sure what initrd you would need.. but I don't think it is the one that is on the iso.. but try it anyway.

Lettuce know

Grub3r · 06-09-2010, 01:09 PM

Thanks for the reply,

I tried the initrd from the iso, no go. Got it working with fedora 8 live, I think something has changed since F8, the iso structure is different in F12/F13.

I don't think it's possible to boot of iso with grub legacy at all. I'm looking into grub2, haven't had time to experiment though.

Regards, DB.