Running GRUB from a CD

by **gries818** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:18 pm

Is it possible to have a Linux system installed and only use GRUB to boot into it from a CD?

So basically it would use the normal Windows bootloader unless I had the GRUB cd in the drive. Is this possible?

by **imnuts** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:57 am

I know before you could run GRUB from a floppy disk, so I don't see why you couldn't. I'd imagine that it would be easier to install it onto a flash drive though compared to a CD

by **gries818** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:06 am

imnuts wrote:I know before you could run GRUB from a floppy disk, so I don't see why you couldn't. I'd imagine that it would be easier to install it onto a flash drive though compared to a CD

That's probably fine with me. Do you have any ideas as how?

by **imnuts** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:09 am

you would have to mount the USB drive (likely to /boot) and then just install GRUB normally. It's been a while since I've done anything with Linux or dual booting though.

by **Michaels** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:28 pm

this post here http://bliki.rimuhosting.com/space/know ... ub+boot+cd

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