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jur:
--- Quote from: Lee on December 02, 2009, 02:21:23 PM ---Is there any reason that grub, installed on the hard disk, couldn't pull the boot files from a USB stick? Something like ... root (hd2,0) ... (there are two physical HDs, so the USB stick would be (hd2).
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Yes I do this at work (when they're not looking). I renamed the grub loader file from grldr to ntldr and now my WinXP boots into the grub menu without me having had to touch the MBR. In the grub menu, I use
--- Code: ---Root (hd1,0)
kernel boot/bzImage.............
initrd boot/tinycore
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to point to the usb stick and it smoothly boots into tc.
curaga:
Hm, grub4dos might support it too, it seems to be what jur uses.
cjgau:
It happened to me once dual booting xp with grub4dos , M$'s "automatic update" restored its ntldr back. Please disable M$'s automatic update if using grldr.
Lee:
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--- Quote from: jur on December 05, 2009, 03:56:49 AM ---
--- Quote from: Lee on December 02, 2009, 02:21:23 PM ---Is there any reason that grub, installed on the hard disk, couldn't pull the boot files from a USB stick? Something like ... root (hd2,0) ... (there are two physical HDs, so the USB stick would be (hd2).
--- End quote ---
Yes I do this at work (when they're not looking). I renamed the grub loader file from grldr to ntldr and now my WinXP boots into the grub menu without me having had to touch the MBR. In the grub menu, I use
--- Code: ---Root (hd1,0)
kernel boot/bzImage.............
initrd boot/tinycore
--- End code ---
to point to the usb stick and it smoothly boots into tc.
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Yeah... no luck for me using the grub from the tc repo. My old Compaq apparently doesn't recognize the USB stick as a "disk" until after the OS comes up.
Speaking of USB sticks 'n'at, i picked up a handful of USB extension cables (type A male ==> Type A female) for $2.50 each... Radio shack wanted $30.00 for the equivalent! (and no one else around seems to carry such a thing)! That doesn't solve all of my space/logistical issues, but its a huge convenience boost.
jur:
I'm using grub4dos and my machines are not old.
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