I have a live linux distro setup on my usb drive using unetbootin. However, I wanted to split the drive and extract windows xp install files so I could use the usb to either install linux (which works) or select from grub menu to install windows.

My problem is how do I point grub to the second partition on the usb (and possibly execute the setup.exe)

My syslinux.cfg looks as:

default vesamenu.c32

prompt 0

menu title UNetbootin

timeout 100



label unetbootindefault

menu label Default

kernel /ubnkern

append initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/mint.seed boot=casper quiet splash --



label ubnentry0

menu label Start Linux Mint

kernel /casper/vmlinuz

append initrd=/casper/initrd.gz file=/cdrom/preseed/mint.seed boot=casper quiet splash --



label ubnentry1

menu label Start Linux Mint in compatibility mode

kernel /casper/vmlinuz

append initrd=/casper/initrd.gz file=/cdrom/preseed/mint.seed boot=casper xforcevesa ramdisk_size=1048576 root=/dev/ram rw noapic noapci nosplash irqpoll --



label ubnentry2

menu label Memory Test

kernel /isolinux/memtest

append initrd=/ubninit



label ubnentry3

menu label Boot from local drive

kernel /ubnkern

append initrd=/ubninit

label ubnentry4
menu label Boot Windows XP Setup
chainloader (hd0,2)

Not sure what to add for ubnentry4?

Thanks!

First off your using unetbootlin which I find completely restrictive w/ syslinux. I very recently just built a LiveUSB with multiple utilities, and Sabayon 4 using Grub. First off I would rebuild your LiveUSB with grub. Just as a footnote, Window's only recognizes the first partition of your USB drive.

My setup is as follows:

I loaded grub by creating a /boot/grub directory in sdc2, and copied my grub files from my HDD into the folder.

Then I ran this in prompt:

This writes a grub MBR to the USB drive and maps it to the second partition on the USB that has my menu.lst, and grub files.

From there I just edited menu.lst for my additional partitions. Make sure you double check your geometry in grub, and your device.map file in your USB grub folder, to correlate with the menu.lst entries.

Here's some entries from my menu.lst on my USB:

I would try chainloading the XP setup from Grub