[Leaplist] DVD/CD Emulator

[Kevin Korb]

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Yea, I have come up with a few neat tricks but I don't know of a way to
put any generic bootable iso file on a storage device other than an
optical disc and have it work.

On Fri, 4 Sep 2009 22:12:30 -0400
Tom Parker <tom at fnords.net> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >
> 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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