Best way to test Grub menu.lst?

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Max Headroom
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Best way to test Grub menu.lst?

#1 Post by Max Headroom »

Any Suggestions Please about Howto Test Grub menu.lst config for a MultiBoot iso USB Flash Drive in a Virtual Machine, eg. Virtual Box or Qemu to save ReBooting Numerous Times from a Host Machine, Thanx

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#2 Post by muggins »

Using Shinobar's Qemu sfs, (from this thread), this works for me:

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qemu -L /usr/share/qemu -m 256 -cdrom xxx.iso
Where -L sets the path to qemu's bios.bin, -m sets RAM size, and, of course, replace xxx.iso with the real iso's name.

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Thanx muggins 4 Y'r Reply

#3 Post by Max Headroom »

But wot I'm Trying 2 Do is Boot a USB Flash Drive in a Virtu' Machine that has Multiple Puppies & Various Other Linuxs & Bootable iso Tools etc that has been Suggested can be Done w/ Loop back Mounting & Grub 2 ( Both of which I'm Reading about ( Slowly ), Researching & eXperimenting ( & Trying 2 Understand! ) :?

My Plan is that grub.cfg Mods can be Tested Quicker in a VM than a Real Host, Thanx

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#4 Post by muggins »

Sorry Max,

my bad...I mistook you're query.

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