Boot an MS-DOS image from grub2

flake · 05-06-2012, 09:14 AM

Hi, I think this should be interesting

I know how to load disc images on grub2
but.. when I load msdos iso (a bootable cd image) i dont know to continue :C

seems grub2 have different syntaxis than grub

maybe grub2 isnt capable to boot msdos? :?

thank you all

pan64 · 05-06-2012, 01:41 PM

maybe msdos cannot handle those partitions.

jefro · 05-06-2012, 02:34 PM

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...OS_002fWindows

I assume this is what you need.

I think I'd be tempted to chain to some other loader or older grub or maybe grub4dos.

TobiSGD · 05-06-2012, 02:47 PM

For booting DOS you can use the MEMDISK module from Syslinux, just use it as kernel and your image as initrd, should work fine. I have never tried it with DOS-CDs, only with floppy images, so no guarantee that it will work, but at least worth a try.

flake · 05-06-2012, 04:49 PM

very interesting and helpfull

thanks pan64,jefro and tobisgd