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#Grldr.mbr commands install

NOTE: It is not required (as I once thought) to actually install grub2 to the mbr and then grub4dos over it. Grub-install -no-floppy -root-directory=/mnt/usb/ -grub-setup=/bin/true /dev/sdb Using grub-setup is discouraged as grub-install calls it if needed anyway. Next use grub-install to create the grub2 core.img and other files we need on the mounted usb drive using the command below. Boot into a running system with grub2 or compile it (download the latest 1.9x version from and install like I did. There is probably a way around this though I just haven't had the time though you are more than welcome to find a way and I would be happy to know the answer. It's unnecessary and actually will cause problems.ДЈ) Adding the Grub2 font console coloring in grub.cfg seems to intercept loading the background image. I would constantly get an 'unknown filesystem type' and be dropped in to the grub2 rescue-shell which is very limited.Дў) Do not install grub2 onto the actual partition of the device or the mbr. I actually did this by mistake and was not able to get grub2 to boot from my usb until I reformatted the partition with a new dos partition table.

This was the outcome of scouring many docs about installing and discussions about the limitations I was dealing with.ДЄs a note this was all done on an 8GB flash drive using Slackware Linux.ДЎ) Do not install grub4dos to the first partition on the device, only to the mbr.

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Even though the latest beta UBCD iso supports the loop boot in grub2 I wanted to have a system I could modify such as updating the virus databases and many different tools available in UBCD. I started this to be able to boot all of what I wanted from grub2, yet I also liked Ultimate Boot CD, though did not want to edit the many menu files to convert them to grub2, that are installed with it. So now we can even load Grub4Dos from Grub2! I got memdisk from /usr/lib/syslinux and placed it in my usb's /boot/grub/ directory. If you compiled from source and don't have grub.exe or simply prefer to use memdisk,ДЄll that needs to be done is to use memdisk from syslinux as the kernel like this

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If using the files from the grub4dos zip which include grub.exe If you would like some very good information on more than is my scope at the moment please find the links at the bottom of this post.ДЎ) Grub2 is able to load Grub4Dos grldr without a patch! Also including my example grub.cfg and menu.lst files including many unique distros which we haven't had much guidance on booting with grub2.

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lst.ДЇollow the example in the document to copy and paste the windows Startup option.This is a non-distro specific instruction on how to load Grub2 from Grub4Dos and to add background images into Grub2. If windows boot is not started, modify/boot/grub/menu. > Root (hd0, X) # this is the root partition. > Find/boot/grub/stage # return root partition (hd0, X) If you encounter MS Reinstallation, you cannot boot into ubuntu and use grldr to fix it. Swap 512 M if your memory is smaller than 1 GB, enable this partition (equivalent to the virtual memory in MS)

#Grldr.mbr commands manual

There is a formatting hard disk on the way, select the third manual formatting.Д®xt3 format/home 3G User File and configuration AreaД®xt3 format/data to be changed during var 3G Runtime If you do not know which one is (hd0, X), run the find/vmlinuz command. > Kernel (hd0, 4)/vmlinuz root =/dev/ram4 ramdisk_size = 32000 devfs = mount, dall Load the kernel: (kubuntu is also the same) Select grldr before the windows Startup screen, and press C to enter the command line. The preceding command is used to create the grldr option of the VIsta Startup File. Run-CMD to open the command prompt and enterД«cdedit/create/d 'GRUB4DOS'/application bootsector In XP, modify the C-drive root directory to hide the file boot. Download the grub4dos boot document and copy grldr and grldr. I only have one hard disk, so the first digit is 0.

The hard disk partition corresponding to the D disk is (hd0, 4), the E disk (hd0, 5), and so on. I usually use the D disk as the partition. Store the boot file and downloaded iso image in the FAT32 partition of windows. You only need to modify this name for different versions. The hard drive boot file of the intrepid version is provided in the example website. There are too few desktop software, so the alternate version is generally used.Дownload the corresponding boot file initrd.gz(.gz) and vmlinuz (no file type, that is, no suffix is added ), The hard disk installation method is the best way to keep up with the release version. I have to find a lot of setup instructions on the Internet for each Reinstallation, which is very troublesome.