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[netgeek1]

Having a problem with xboot. I have created and burned an ISO that worked flawlessly in QEMU, however when booting from the DVD any menu selection just dumps me to a grub prompt. Any help would be appreciated.

[shamurshamur]

can you give me the list of ISO files you have used to create DVD?

[netgeek1]

bt4-r2.iso
cd100627.iso
clonezilla-live-1.2.6-59-i686.iso
dban-2.2.6_i586-fixed.iso
gparted-live-0.8.0-3.iso
Offline-NT-Password.iso
ophcrack-vista-livecd-2.3.1.iso
ophcrack-xp-livecd-2.3.1.iso
pmagic-5.10.iso
pwhe52.iso
redobackup-livecd-0.9.7.iso
SeaToolsDOS222ALL.576.ISO
trinity-rescue-kit.3.4-build-367.iso
xpud-0.9.2.iso
Ylmf_OS_3.0.iso

[steve6375]

does it work as a flash drive. Can you list menu.lst?

[synbiose]

Greetings all members

 

my first post and sorry to revive an old post, but i get the same issue as netgeek1

 

i cant use usb (because is an old laptop) so i burn a CD with the following ISO's;

 

NAS4Free-x86-embedded-9.1.0.1.636.img

openmediavault_0.4_i386.iso

FreeNAS-8.3.1-RELEASE-p2-x86.iso

memtest86+-4.20.iso

slacko-5.5-4G.iso

 

since all 'NAS' distros are BSD like i use the option Grub4Dos ISO emulation (and work fine on QEMU on win7)

but when i  try to boot in another old laptop (slackware running) its keep getting to grub all the time and cant install (for example FreeNAS ISO, i cant even make memtest tests)

 

 

My menu.lst (normal generating after Burn an CD (700Mg)

color magenta/white white/magenta black/white black/white
timeout 10


### MENU START
title Boot from Hard Drive
root (hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)
### MENU END


### MENU END
title Linux
configfile /boot/grub4dos/linux.lst
### MENU END


### MENU START
title Memtest86+\nMT420.ISO  (1,75 MB)\nMemtest86+ software is designed to be a stand alone memory test.\nBIOS based memory tests are a quick, cursory check and often miss \nmany of the failures that are detected by Memtest86+.
ls /images/MEMTEST.IMG || find --set-root /images/MEMTEST.IMG
map /images/MEMTEST.IMG (fd0) || map --mem /images/MEMTEST.IMG (fd0)
map --hook
chainloader (fd0)+1
rootnoverify (fd0)
### MENU END


### MENU START
title HELP!
root (cd)
chainloader --force /cdsh/loader.bin
### MENU END
 

 

 

i miss something?

 

thz in advance

[steve6375]

where is your menu.lst - in root?

How did you test - by booting the ISO file under QEMU?

When in grub4dos console, what happens if you type find /menu.lst?

[synbiose]

where is your menu.lst - in root?

 

Yes

 

How did you test - by booting the ISO file under QEMU?

 

Yes

 

When in grub4dos console, what happens if you type find /menu.lst?

Erro 15: File not found

 

 

 

[steve6375]

Try 2013 version of grldr  (chenall's latest 4.0.5c)

 

What happens if you type

find

ls /

 

P.S. Did you burn the ISO using RockRidge?

[synbiose]

well if i type find i get;

 

(hd0,0)

(hd0,4)

 

and where i need to put the new version of grub? (what directory?)

to try i need to burn (i can QEMU first) but in old laptop i need to burn a new cd)

[steve6375]

Well you should have a CD listed. Is the CD in SATA/AHCI mode - can you change it to 'legacy' mode in the BIOS?

 

To update to the version, just overwrite \grldr.

 

you could also try typing

cdrom --init
pause --wait=5
find

 

but if this does work, you would need to add it into the embedded menu inside grldr - this can be done with bootice but we can deal with that later.

[steve6375]

Did you read this thread?

[Wonko the Sane]

Let's try making this same question reverted/rephrased:

 

 

P.S. Did you burn the ISO using RockRidge?

 

How EXACTLY did you create the .iso (I am assuming you used one or the other versions of mkisofs, WHICH EXACT command line did you use)?

Explanation:

If you did not use the -r or -R parameter the .iso won't have RockRidge and grub4dos only reads RockRidge on CD/DVD. (and BTW grub4dos is CaSe SeNsItIvE on CD/DVD)

 

Wonko

[steve6375]

What happens if you type

ls /

any answer?

[synbiose]

Greetings Steve and Wonko

 

 

cdrom --init 
pause --wait=5
find

ATAPI device found: Data=170, Ctrl=376, Dev=0(Note: 0=Master, 1=Slave)

CDROM device found: Data=170, Ctrl=376, Dev=0(Note: 0=Master, 1=Slave)

 

Found 1 CD-ROM. (Note: Further read could fail if the hardware does not fully syport ATAPI)

 

when i type find gets another hd;

 

(hd0,0)

(hd0,4)

(hd64)

 

PS: i'm still reading the post you link Steve, but i'm still a noob lol and i'm trying some command that are listed there...

 

 

ls

 

lost+found var dev tmp opt boot srv etc sys media proc root sbin home mnt bin usr lib

(i think this is my local hd) since it have slackware 13.37 (old laptop) installed few months ago

 

 

 

About Wonko question (i simple use xboot (arrest a few iso's post on my first post) generate the 'master ISO' with xboot and burn using power2go v6 www.cyberlink.com (normal burn) like for example i did a few months with slackware 13.37 on a DVD (this was build on win7 new laptop)

i'm not understand very well the RockRidge protocol.. i'm still reading the wikipedia and some google finds..

 

its not the first time i've burn a cd or a dvd with an OS and never have a problem with power2go (that come with laptop win7)

 

what i can understand is that grub really bootable (only the main menu from xboot) but it keeps dump to grub when i select 1 distro

i try using memtest and after type find give me a (fd0) with the normal (hd0,0) and (hd0,4)

[synbiose]

hum..

 

 

root (

Possible disks are: hd0 rd cd0 <- ?!

 

 

root (cd0)

Filesystem type is iso9660, using whole disk

 

 

 

so what can i understand is that grub4dos its not bootable right?

[steve6375]

ls (cd0)/

??

[synbiose]

ls (cd0)/

??

 

bcdw boot cdsh grldr help images menu.lst puppy_slacko_5.5.sfs

Edited by synbiose, 30 April 2013 - 08:52 PM.

[steve6375]

configfile (cd0)/menu.lst

[synbiose]

ITS DONNEE (i'm mestest right now on old laptop)

 

lol sorry for caps, but for a normal user grub is little heavy (xboot have a lack of help)

 

Thz so much STEVE

 

btw, 1 last question, what i need to do to make this automatically ?

add configfile to menu? by editing?

[steve6375]

you said same iso boots fine in qemu?

[synbiose]

all of them works fine (only 1 of them, i think nas4free keep trying to enter cd rom) but i think its because its an emulation and its not a real cd drive)

 

but yes all work fine

[steve6375]

What do you mean 'all of them work fine'?

The symptom when booting the iso as a cd on a real system is that it goes to the grub4dos console and does not load the menu.lst - right?

So when you try the SAME iso in qemu - do you get the menu?

[synbiose]

QEMU;

yes, i get the xboot menu and can choose the distro and he automatically start the setup of chosen distro (try to instal, etc) or utility setup (like memtest)

 

physical system;

I get the xboot menu, when i try to choose 1 distro, i automatically go to grub4dos console

 

btw, for now i can only start memtest (i think because is on first tree) the distros are located at diferent folder..(when i try to select linux folder on grub4dos menu (its diferent from xboot menu) get this error;

 

Booting Linux

configfile /boot/grub4dos/linux.lst

Error 15: file not found

Press any key to continue

 

 

after that i get the grub4dos menu (not xboot menu)

(btw i have the linux.lst on that folder that grub say file not found..)

[synbiose]

well to active the menu grub of the linux folder (here the distros are) i need to make the same but with exact directory to that

 

 

configfile (cd0)/boot/grub4dos/linux.lst

with this i can entry on grub menu with my 4 distros and i'm starting install openmediavoult (for example)

 

i think i need to edit the menu.lst (to initialate the cdrom device and to try link the 2 menus [menu.lst] and [linux.lst]

[steve6375]

Can you post or attach the menus? 

So if you boot from a real system and then type

 

root (  <TAB>

 

do you get the cd0 listed?