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geekrod
September 8th, 2013, 05:32 AM
Hi, I've been trying to get the advanced welcome page booting an Ubuntu 12.04 or 13.04 iso from USB, just as the Live CD does.

I have tried Grub2 and Grub4DOS with these tutorials but I can't find any menu entry example to get the language screen.

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-multiple-iso-from-usb-via-grub2-using-linux/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1288604
http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/72---easyboot---a-grubdos-multiboot-drive-that-is-easy-to-maintain/e2bv1#TOC-The-Easy2Boot-v1-folders-and-menu-system

The only tutorial that worked as I wish was the one from RMPrepUSB, but takes a lot of time scanning for isos, is it possible to achieve it manually with Grub2/Grub4DOS?

Thanks


http://i.stack.imgur.com/bqzjR.png

http://i.stack.imgur.com/FfEwE.png

steve63752
September 27th, 2013, 07:11 PM
If Easy2Boot takes too long to enumerate the ISOs, then use the FASTLOAD feature. There are also other things you can do which are also mentioned (http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/72---easyboot---a-grubdos-multiboot-drive-that-is-easy-to-maintain/e2bv1#TOC-Speed-up-the-loading-of-the-Main-Menu) in the tutorial.

sudodus
September 27th, 2013, 07:28 PM
Hi, I've been trying to get the advanced welcome page booting an Ubuntu 12.04 or 13.04 iso from USB, just as the Live CD does.

I have tried Grub2 and Grub4DOS with these tutorials but I can't find any menu entry example to get the language screen.

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-multiple-iso-from-usb-via-grub2-using-linux/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1288604
http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/72---easyboot---a-grubdos-multiboot-drive-that-is-easy-to-maintain/e2bv1#TOC-The-Easy2Boot-v1-folders-and-menu-system

The only tutorial that worked as I wish was the one from RMPrepUSB, but takes a lot of time scanning for isos, is it possible to achieve it manually with Grub2/Grub4DOS?

Thanks


This is the syslinux boot. Some methods to make USB boot drives will make systems that skip it, or use another boot loader, for example grub2. I know two methods, that make USB boot drives with syslinux,

- The Startup Disk Creator (usb-creator-gtk and usb-creator-kde) and
- Cloning with dd (which is risky unless you use a tool to help selecting the correct target drive).

See these links

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

Ubuntu Forums tutorial "Howto make USB boot drives" (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1958073)