I don't have any really old P4 machines to test, but ISObooter works fine on my old Athlon box.d4p wrote: I think Partnew methode is not for old computers???.
Did you see any error messages?
I have only used the Easy2boot once or twicean ".isomem" extension is recognized
to cause a non-contiguous ISO
to be copied to RAM first.
It will try to write the sdx4 phantom partition
but perhaps it would boot anyway.
Yes!
The new version does work on a read only media!
It does not fail if it can not write the dbx4 partition!
Not only fat32, ntfs will do almost the same thing.always create a new contigious fat32
but it takes some time to load and finally booting.".isomem" extension is recognized to cause a non-contiguous ISO to be copied to RAM first.
Maybe ok just for 2 or 3 files only, how about if you have hundreds iso files like mine.If you get the "dis-contiguous" problem, just reformat the drive and start again.
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grub-install --force --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt/sdb1 /dev/sdb
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sh-4.1# grub-install --force --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt/sdb1 /dev/sdb
Unrecognized option `--force'
Usage: grub-install [OPTION] install_device
Install GRUB on your drive.
-h, --help print this message and exit
-v, --version print the version information and exit
--root-directory=DIR install GRUB images under the directory DIR
instead of the root directory
--grub-shell=FILE use FILE as the grub shell
--no-floppy do not probe any floppy drive
--force-lba force GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy
BIOS
--recheck probe a device map even if it already exists
INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.
grub-install copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specfied by
--root-directory, and uses the grub shell to install grub into the boot
sector.
Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.
sh-4.1#
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# This grub.cfg file was created by Lance http://www.pendrivelinux.com
# Suggested Entries and the suggestor, if available, will also be noted.
set timeout=10
set default=0
menuentry "lxle" {
loopback loop /lxle.iso
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/lxle.iso noeject noprompt splash --
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
menuentry "wattos" {
loopback loop /wattos.iso
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/wattos.iso noeject noprompt splash --
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "mangeia3" {
loopback loop /mageia.iso
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/mint.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz iso-scan/filename=/mageia.iso noeject noprompt splash --
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "pclinuxos" {
loopback loop /pclinuxos.iso
linux (loop)/DBAN.BZI nuke="dwipe" iso-scan/filename=/pclinuxos.iso silent --
}
## menuentry "Tinycore ISO" {
## loopback loop /tinycore.iso
## linux (loop)/boot/bzImage --
## initrd (loop)/boot/tinycore.gz
}
menuentry "Memtest 86+" {
linux16 /memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "SystemRescueCd" {
loopback loop /systemrescuecd.iso
linux (loop)/isolinux/rescuecd isoloop=/systemrescuecd.iso setkmap=us docache dostartx
initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz
}
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## menuentry "Tinycore ISO" { ## loopback loop /tinycore.iso ## linux (loop)/boot/bzImage -- ## initrd (loop)/boot/tinycore.gz }