[ale] Failing GRUB

[Cornelis van Dijk]

Thanks for the information.
Is there a way to transition from GRUB to GRUB2 without wrecking my
boot process? (or worse). I have SuSE 12.1  as my main OS. It does not
have GRUB2.

Cor



On 3/16/12, Rich Faulkner <rfaulkner at tux86.org> wrote:
> Great.  That's just what I need...MORE inspiration to do kewl things....
>
> Thanks Michael!
>
> (All more the reason why I suggested doing an ALE Meeting topic of GRUB2
> - for those of us who could use a primer)
>
> Of course I could get online and read and do this solo...read it, play
> with it, and learn how to do it...but sometimes it just goes better with
> friends and ALE.
>
> Cheers!
>
> RinL
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2012-03-16 at 16:51 -0400, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2012-03-16 at 13:06 -0400, Cornelis van Dijk wrote:
>> > Thanks for the responses. Is anybody out there using GRUB2?
>>
>> Absolutely!  I was finally able to build the kind of multiboot USB key
>> that I've wanted.  Tried doing it with extlinux and syslinux and grub
>> and what not.  Tried merging Unetbootin images and livecd-iso-to-disk
>> and runlive usb images into a common format, all failures.  Tried for
>> ages.  I'd get close and then add another entry and the whole mess would
>> be unbootable.  Played with Casper boot.  No joy.
>>
>> Finally ran into some instructions up at pendrive.com on creating
>> multiboot keys from the command line in Linux using grub2 with some
>> examples.  That worked great for casper based live images like Ubuntu
>> and some direct images like tinycore.  That was a start.  Wouldn't work
>> for Fedora, though.
>>
>> Found some instructions for Fedora on another site that included some
>> recommendations to use the startup files from the efi directory of the
>> runlive iso.  Wow...  That worked great with grub2 as well.  Added some
>> NST (Network Security Toolkit) stuff (custom and stock) and got that on
>> there.
>>
>> Hmmm...  Had to get a bigger key...
>>
>> I now have a pair of 64G USB keys (always, ALWAYS have a backup key).
>>
>> Added some IBM stuff and a new cryptoboot setup for my laptop and was
>> able to lock down and reencrypt the boot partition on my laptop (now
>> must use the USB key to boot).
>>
>> I now have 64G keys with the following...
>>
>> Laptop Crypto Boot
>> CentOS 6.2 (3 variations of builds)
>> Fedora 15 RunLive Desktop
>> Fedora 16 RunLive Desktop
>> NST 2.13 (Fedora 13 based, customized, several configurations)
>> NST 2.15 (Fedora 15 based, stock from web, several configuration)
>> Parted Magic (had to start from a Unetbootin built image - PITA)
>> Ubuntu 11.10
>> BackTrack 5 (Forensic tools)
>> TinyCore Plus
>>
>> Plus it can chainload to the harddrive of the system if I want.
>>
>> All selectable through layers of menus and submenus.
>>
>> It also has a common encrypted home partition common to the runlive
>> images.  I haven't added freedos or Minix to it yet.
>>
>> Some of the images are casper boot.  Some are the efi stuff (Fedora and
>> CentOS).  Some are direct loaded images (Parted Magic) and some are
>> actual loopback iso images using the grub2 loopback feature (Tinycore
>> and Backtrack).
>>
>> The keys are less than half full.
>>
>> Yes.  I like grub2.  It brings together stuff I needed to make all that
>> work from one key.
>>
>> > Cor
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mike
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