grub4dos - editing the menu that appears - Grub4dos

#1 darren rose

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Posted 14 October 2007 - 07:53 PM

Hi, playing about with vistape, and want to know how do I edit the grub4dos menu to add other bootable items that I have such as bootable winimage disk images of some useful DOS apps etc

Any pointers?

#2 powaking

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Posted 15 October 2007 - 01:38 AM

Hi, playing about with vistape, and want to know how do I edit the grub4dos menu to add other bootable items that I have such as bootable winimage disk images of some useful DOS apps etc

Any pointers?

Take a look at the Create Iso script for v 010. In there you can include entries into the Grub menu. I've added Drive Fitness Tester (Hitachi drives) and GDisk Disk Wiping tool. I've also created a way to include md5 hash passwords for certain options in the menu.

Drive Fitness Test

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34; &#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;title Drive Fitness Test&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;kernel /boot/memdisk raw&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;initrd /boot/DFT32.img&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

If I want to password protect an entry I throw this in right after the entries title.

If,&#34;%pCheckBox4%&#34;,Equal,true,Exec,%ScriptFile%,MD5

My Interface has a checkbox for password. If its checked then it will process the MD5 section with the password that is entered.

MD5

&#91;MD5&#93;

Echo, Generating MD5 Hash password...

FileCreateBlank,&#34;c&#58;\temp\md5.script&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;c&#58;\temp\md5.script&#34;,&#34;&#91;password&#93;&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

ShellExecute,hide,&#34;cmd.exe&#34;, &#34;/c for /f #$qtokens=1 delims=#$q %a in &#40;&#39;%tools%\grubcrypt %pTextBox1%&#39;&#41; do echo myvalue=%a >> c&#58;\temp\md5.script&#34;

IniRead,&#34;c&#58;\temp\md5.script&#34;,&#34;password&#34;,&#34;myvalue&#34;,&#34;%myVar%&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,password --md5 %myVar%,&#34;Append&#34;

FileDelete,&#34;c&#58;\temp\md5.script

To use this I have a grubcrypt tool that was created in java that will actually create a md5 password that grub uses with a randomized salt.

I didn't like the sunset or sunrise pics so I added a pic that I found that I liked and added it to the drop down menu as a selection.

Those are somethings I have going on with my Grub menu.

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Posted 15 October 2007 - 07:57 AM

I would say this is more like grub4dos related, moving it in the appropriate section, just browse there to find a number of examples.... :cheers:

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#4 darren rose

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Posted 15 October 2007 - 12:36 PM

Take a look at the Create Iso script for v 010. In there you can include entries into the Grub menu. I've added Drive Fitness Tester (Hitachi drives) and GDisk Disk Wiping tool. I've also created a way to include md5 hash passwords for certain options in the menu.
Drive Fitness Test
TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34; &#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;title Drive Fitness Test&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;kernel /boot/memdisk raw&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;initrd /boot/DFT32.img&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;
If I want to password protect an entry I throw this in right after the entries title.
If,&#34;%pCheckBox4%&#34;,Equal,true,Exec,%ScriptFile%,MD5
My Interface has a checkbox for password. If its checked then it will process the MD5 section with the password that is entered.

MD5
&#91;MD5&#93;

Echo, Generating MD5 Hash password...

FileCreateBlank,&#34;c&#58;\temp\md5.script&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;c&#58;\temp\md5.script&#34;,&#34;&#91;password&#93;&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

ShellExecute,hide,&#34;cmd.exe&#34;, &#34;/c for /f #$qtokens=1 delims=#$q %a in &#40;&#39;%tools%\grubcrypt %pTextBox1%&#39;&#41; do echo myvalue=%a >> c&#58;\temp\md5.script&#34;

IniRead,&#34;c&#58;\temp\md5.script&#34;,&#34;password&#34;,&#34;myvalue&#34;,&#34;%myVar%&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,password --md5 %myVar%,&#34;Append&#34;

FileDelete,&#34;c&#58;\temp\md5.script
To use this I have a grubcrypt tool that was created in java that will actually create a md5 password that grub uses with a randomized salt.

I didn't like the sunset or sunrise pics so I added a pic that I found that I liked and added it to the drop down menu as a selection.

Those are somethings I have going on with my Grub menu.

Thanks, very helpful

What type of bootable items will grub4dos accept? iso? img/ima?

#5 powaking

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Posted 15 October 2007 - 01:08 PM

Thanks, very helpful

What type of bootable items will grub4dos accept? iso? img/ima?

grub4dos won't boot iso files so you may want to see if you creating a ima/img will work. As you can see from my sample I did find a way to get it to boot a img file (DFT32.img) which is just a Drive Fitness Test by Hitachi. I have a ima entry for GDisk that we use. Here is that setup.

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;title GDisk HD Wiping Tool&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;find --set-root /boot/GDISK.IMA&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;map --mem /boot/GDISK.IMA &#40;fd0&#41;&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;map --hook&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;chainloader &#40;fd0&#41;+1&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

As you can see its a little different than for my .img entry so you will have to experiment.

#6 darren rose

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Posted 15 October 2007 - 01:25 PM

grub4dos won't boot iso files so you may want to see if you creating a ima/img will work. As you can see from my sample I did find a way to get it to boot a img file (DFT32.img) which is just a Drive Fitness Test by Hitachi. I have a ima entry for GDisk that we use. Here is that setup.
TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;title GDisk HD Wiping Tool&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;find --set-root /boot/GDISK.IMA&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;map --mem /boot/GDISK.IMA &#40;fd0&#41;&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;map --hook&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;

TXTAddLine,&#34;%MenuFile%&#34;,&#34;chainloader &#40;fd0&#41;+1&#34;,&#34;Append&#34;
As you can see its a little different than for my .img entry so you will have to experiment.

Thanks powaking

Will give it a try

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