boot - customizing UBCD with own iso's
2014-07
user2979307
I want to have a bootable dvd which has 2 linux mint distro's on it. Ultimate boot cd has an option to customize the ubcd and to add your own iso's. I was trying to add my own ISO's but I am stuck because I do not know which lines to add in the custom.cfg file.
this is what is written on the customize page:
Adding ISO images
To add your own ISO images to UBCD, copy them to c:\ubcd-extracted\ubcd\custom.
You can optionally compress each image using gzip (via a tool such as 7-Zip) to make them smaller.
Then edit c:\ubcd-extracted\ubcd\custom\custom.cfg and add each ISO image to the menu.
For example:
LABEL -
MENU LABEL Windows 98
TEXT HELP
Windows 98 boot disk
ENDTEXT
LINUX /boot/syslinux/memdisk
INITRD /ubcd/custom/win98.iso.gz
APPEND iso raw
Note that not all ISO images can be successfully booted this way.
Real mode OSes and boot loaders that use INT13 BIOS calls will likely work, but other may not.
For more information, refer to the memdisk documentation on ISO image support.
what should I add when I want to add this file for example: linuxmint-17-cinnamon-dvd-32bit.iso?
should I only change the line with INITRD
or also the line with APPEND iso raw?
The customize page does not explain this.
RobertPitt
Im looking for a way to temporary map an ISO to a partition VIA Grub
Basically have 110GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive that stores mainly ISO's and some Installable software such as Windows Office etc.
Usually with Grub Loader its used for booting static partition on the hard drive but i want to be able to add a menu called "Windows 7 Corporate Build 1100 (Installtion)" and when selected it will use the ISO File stored \Operating Systems\Windows\7\Professional\en_windows_7_corp_1100.iso and map it to the 2nd partition on the external drive.
The partition would be made up of a 100GB and a 10GB
Id do not wish to use initrd as some images are several gigabytes.
But I also wan to use that partition for booting other data so it should only be temporary and data should be cleaned before a new iso is "Mounted"
So my question is:
How can I map an ISO to secondary partition on the external disk, Followed by booting that partition
Any help is appreciated!