[Leaplist] DVD/CD Emulator

[Tom Parker]

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net> wrote:

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> It is also possible to put grub on a USB stick.  I have one with Ubuntu,
> Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Knoppix on it.  You dd the iso to a partition on the
> stick, setup a small ext2 partition on the stick that is like the /boot
> directory on a regular Linux system.  You copy the kernel, initrd, and
> isolinux config from the iso onto the /boot and install grub into the
> bootsector of the stick.
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The problem with grub is that I cannot specify an ISO file as a boot image.
I'll give you an example.

I downloaded a firmware update CD for a server I am working on.  The update
CD is in ISO format.  I will probably use this CD one time.

The CD is some wacky custom Linux distro that HP made.  I would love to just
stick the ISO on some external USB device and then have that device emulate
a CD drive.  That's it.

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