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On Sat, 09 Apr 2016 08:40:46 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> > The usual complaint about GRUB2 is that it is too complex, so minimal |
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> > is good here. I only have it installed to be able to boot my System |
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> > Rescue ISO in an emergency, I've not found a way to go that without |
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> > GRUB. |
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> I have used GRUB2 to boot ISO images from USB drives and internal |
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> drives without problem, |
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Yes, I do that allthe time. I also use it to boot ISO images from DVDs :) |
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> but Gummiboot is less fiddly to set up. |
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Which is why I prefer it. But it is fine to have both installed and |
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available from the UEFI boot menu. I do this on my laptop to make sure I |
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can always boot a rescue ISO if I need to. For my other systems, there's |
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usually a suitable USB stick nearby. |
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> Unfortunately, you can't boot an ISO in true minimalist fashion just by |
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> pointing to it with the EFI boot stub (the ISO needs to be mounted via |
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> a loopback function). |
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I know all that. What would be nice would be an EFI boot stub that took |
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care of that. It occurs to me that the System Rescue Cd kernels may be |
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UEFI compatible, so it may be a matter of unpacking the ISO into /boot to |
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be able to access it from gummiboot/bootctl. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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