Re: Help configuring Multiboot from ISOs
my 2c for this thread, - when I created my multi-boot USB I had to defrag the ISO after copying them to the USB, other wise the ISO won't boot properly. - I used a simple tool like - https://www.pendrivelinux.com/tag/multiboot-iso/ to create the inital menu , and extended it manually. -- Rabin On 8 June 2017 at 09:35, Amichai Rotman wrote: > Hello all, > > I am trying to set up a desktop kiosk-style computer at my local Library, > based on Ubuntu. > > My idea is to have a regular desktop mainly for browsing the Web, but I > would also like it to be able to reboot into an ISO by clicking an icon on > the Launcher. > > I specifically would like to use the Linux Gamers.net [1] and another ISO > compressed as squashfs and using syslinux to boot. > > I am having trouble configuring the GRUB2 menu > > entries to boot these as ISOs and I have no idea how to create a launcher > to boot the computer to the ISOs. > > The computer isn't strong enough for a VM... > > [1] http://live.linux-gamers.net > > Thank you, > > Amichai > > ___ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Help configuring Multiboot from ISOs
2017-06-08 9:35 GMT+03:00 Amichai Rotman : > Hello all, > > I am trying to set up a desktop kiosk-style computer at my local Library, > based on Ubuntu. > > My idea is to have a regular desktop mainly for browsing the Web, but I > would also like it to be able to reboot into an ISO by clicking an icon on > the Launcher. Why? In what way does this help your user? > > I specifically would like to use the Linux Gamers.net [1] and another ISO > compressed as squashfs and using syslinux to boot. > > I am having trouble configuring the GRUB2 menu > > entries to boot these as ISOs and I have no idea how to create a launcher to > boot the computer to the ISOs. > > The computer isn't strong enough for a VM... > > [1] http://live.linux-gamers.net > > Thank you, > > Amichai > > > ___ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Help configuring Multiboot from ISOs
2017-06-08 11:44 GMT+03:00 E.S. Rosenberg : > 2017-06-08 9:35 GMT+03:00 Amichai Rotman : >> Hello all, >> >> I am trying to set up a desktop kiosk-style computer at my local Library, >> based on Ubuntu. >> >> My idea is to have a regular desktop mainly for browsing the Web, but I >> would also like it to be able to reboot into an ISO by clicking an icon on >> the Launcher. > Why? In what way does this help your user? >> >> I specifically would like to use the Linux Gamers.net [1] and another ISO >> compressed as squashfs and using syslinux to boot. You realize their distro hasn't been updated in over 6 years? >> >> I am having trouble configuring the GRUB2 menu >> >> entries to boot these as ISOs and I have no idea how to create a launcher to >> boot the computer to the ISOs. >> >> The computer isn't strong enough for a VM... >> >> [1] http://live.linux-gamers.net >> >> Thank you, >> >> Amichai >> >> >> ___ >> Linux-il mailing list >> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
