Setting up GRUB Bootloader to boot from CD

davstin2002 · 05-26-2004, 01:45 AM

I was wondering if there was any way to make grub boot a CD?

I'm not sure which devices to use to do that.

Mega Man X · 05-26-2004, 01:58 AM

Why would you want to do that? Wouldn't be easier to simply use a bootable CD

. Anyway, Mandrake/Lilo has an option to boot a floopy:

Code:

other=/dev/fd0
      label="floopy"
      unsafe

maybe adding a similar option as /dev/hdc would do the trick. I've no idea how grub.config looks like, but it should be similar. I've no idea if that will work either

davstin2002 · 05-26-2004, 02:03 AM

My reasoning is because the way my laptop works is you must hit F12, to boot from a CD, and if I forget to hit F12, then I have to reboot, to do it. If I had an option on my menu, I wouldn't have to worry about hitting the button in time. I also, have a shutdown and a reboot option on my menu for convience.

I'll see if I can find anyway to do it... But any help would be appreciated

Mega Man X · 05-26-2004, 02:10 AM

Ah, I see. Thanks mate!. Well, try looking if it's possible as I suggested you. Try looking at /etc/grub.config a similar thing as I said. Then type:

/sbin/grub-install

to reinstall grub with the new configurations. Make sure to make a boot disk or something when playing around with the boot loader, just in case

davstin2002 · 05-26-2004, 02:41 AM

According to:
http://www.picknowl.com.au/homepages...ring_grub.html

"it doesn't appear to give you a way to boot from CD-ROMs"

I wonder if they're right?