I am looking to create a USB thumb driver with grub2 and boot
linux from a disk image on the thumb drive.
This is similar - but not identical to booting an ISO image - the
disk image would be formated to ext2 or reiserfs or something like that
rather than iso9660.
I am looking to do something that is essentially the same as what
ubuntu wubi does under windows - except on a flash device.
I can handle building a custom kernel image as required, as well as
a custom initrd/initramfs.
Is there any approximation of a howto on this ?
I am also not sure I conceptually understand how grub is dealing
with this.
If the linux kernel and initrd are outside the disk image should I
need the grub loop facility at all ?
I would think only the init scripts on the booting copy of linux
would need to know they were using a disk image.
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Dave Lynch DLA Systems
Software Development: Embedded Linux
717.587.7774 [email protected] http://www.dlasys.net
Over 25 years' experience in platforms, languages, and technologies too
numerous to list.
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of
genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
Albert Einstein
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