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Can you boot Debian ISO from NTFS partition?
I know that the question has been asked before: Grub – boot debian iso file from ntfs partition and install it, but there is no approved answers there – that’s why I’m asking again. Also I would like to use my own kernel instead of some fixed and precompiled one.
How to create a multi boot drive in Grub?
grub-n-iso_multiboot A simple way to create a USB [multi]boot drive including the grub bootloader and the GRUB menuentries for Ubuntu ISO files is to use grub-n-iso_multiboot with the shell-script file mk-grub-n-iso. It does the main part of the work automatically with the help of a couple of files for the configuration of the booting system.
Where do I find grub when booting an ISO?
Booting the ISO. Once the menuentry has been created and GRUB 2 updated, the ISO entry will appear on the GRUB menu during boot. If the entry was created in the /etc/grub.d/40_custom file, it will appear after the Ubuntu and other OS listings on the main GRUB menu.
Can you use GRUB to read from NTFS partition?
We can use GRUB and its ntfs module to read (GRUB ntfs module is ro afaik.) the kernel and initramfs from the NTFS partition. After this we still need to mount the NTFS partition from the initramfs for full read/write access.
Where does Grub boot from ISO in Linux?
Now, whenever you refer to (loop) further in the config, GRUB knows to access the loopback filesystem labeled loop, which points to (hd0,msdos2)/install_dvd1.iso. The next two lines should look pretty familiar to someone who has worked with Linux GRUB configuration before, but with a twist:
How can I Burn a bootable iso file to a partition?
Mount the ISO. The easiest with is to use the option “Open with disk image mounter” from the contextual menu in the file browser, right clicking on the file. Once mounted, go to the directory /boot/grub/ and copy the file grub.cfg. Paste it inside /isoboot/ .