Many Linux distros have live CD images available for download. Once downloaded the usual procedure is either to burn a CD with it, or else use a live usb creator to put the image on a pen drive. With both options the result is a way to boot the downloaded distro.
I wonder if there is a third way to boot. Would it be possible to have Grub boot the downloaded file (.iso) on the hard disk directly? If so, could it be done by modifying the grub configuration file (by editing 40_custom)? Or by rebooting the PC, putting grub into interactive mode and entering the necessary commands? The solution might involve the loopback command, but I don't know how to use it. And might involve chainloading to the bootloader on the image (isolinux). Any ideas? _______________________________________________ Help-grub mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub
