fb800x600
At grml boot menu, type:
fb800x600
Note, there is no prefix grml. After boot,
grml-x -mode 800x600 fluxbox
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007
> can I get this grub to boot from an iso-file like grml1.0 or even > Knoppix or BartPE on the flash-pen ?
Sure. Piece of cake. Ref:
Use the bootfrom cheatcodes eg,
bootfrom=/dev/hda1/GRML.iso
> can I get this grub to boot from an iso-file like grml1.0 or even > Knoppix or BartPE on the flash-pen ?
Using grml1.0 to boot from grml1.0's iso is easy, just use the bootfrom cheat code, or check this out:
boot grml_iso from HD http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/live/grml/grml04-Boot/ar01s02.html
To locate the booting USB is more difficult than HD, so you might want to check out grml's booting with UUID option:
To use grub or grml as a general purpose iso-file boot loader, I doubt that it is possible, but I'm ready to listen.
FYI, you might also find the following urls helpful.
Pen Drives under Linux http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/disk/pen/
thanks
xpt
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:33:27 +0000
You can boot grml_iso from HD without grml_CD. Condition: you must have a linux partition with grub as linux loader on your HD.
Here is a way to do so:
copy grml_iso to a partition on HD: (hda5 as example). grml tohd=/dev/hda5
reboot to your linux box.(my / is on /dev/hda5).
create grml directory in /boot of your linux partition : as root mkdir /boot/grml
copy the files "linux26" and "minirt26.gz" from grml_CD/boot/isolinux to /boot/grml
edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to add entry for grml. here is as example the entry of grml in my /boot/grub/menu.lst
# this entry boot grml from iso_image on /dev/hda5
title Grml
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/grml/linux26 fromhd=/dev/hda5 vga=797 ramdisk=100000
initrd /boot/grml/minirt26.gz
it's all. reboot and pick Grml at grub menu.
boulhian
> 6. it's all. reboot and pick Grml at grub menu.
Thanks a lot for writing down the necessary steps! I've added it to the grml-wiki at http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=tips
-mika-
> I've been trying for several weeks to make my grml USB pen bootable. I > think I finally found the problem, quite a simple one -- I need a initrd > which has findfs to find the root device.
Huh?! grml provides a dialog for building an initrd within grml2hd. Booting from USB should work stright forward, with grml2hd for hd installations and grml2usb for grml in live-cd mode on usb devices.
> However, I didn't find a initrd in my grml2hd disk, and neither the > minirt26.gz borrowed from grml_small_0.3.iso works.
> So, is there anywhere I can get a grml initrd, or I have to build one > myself? If so, any good source of info for the building?
,---- [ % grml-tips initramfs ] | Install initrd via initramfs-tools for currently running kernel: | | # update-initramfs -u -t -k $(uname -r) `----
-mika-
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user Date: 2007-03-06
> I installed grml 0.9 on a free partition and copied the essential lines > from grml /boot/grub/menu.lst to my standard menu.lst. It reads now:
> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-3-486 > root (hd0,2) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-3-486 root=/dev/sda3 vga=792 ro > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-3-486 [...]
Create an initrd if you need it via running:
# update-initramfs -c -t -k $(uname -r)
Adjust your /boot/grub/menu.lst according to your needs and run 'update-grub' then (if you want to :)).
> Booting grml does not work because the system cannot find > initrd.img-2.6.18-grml. In fact it does not exist in grml's boot file. > Where does it hide ?
The initrd is not shipped by default with grml 0.9.
But very probably you even do not need an initrd on your system at all, so just remove the initrd lines in your menu.lst and try booting then (can be done interactive in grub as well to test it).
-mika-
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user Date: 2007-02-23
> I'm trying to boot from my USB-Stick. ... After an grml2usb my > Genode-System won't boot.
Assuming that the kernel (named vmlinuz here, known as linux26 on the live-cd) and grml's initrd (named minirt26.gz here and on the live-cd) are available in the boot-directory of your usb-stick try the following menu.lst entry:
title Grml minirt kernel /boot/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us usb apm=power-off vga=791 initrd=minirt26.gz nomce initrd /boot/minirt26.gz boot
-mika-
> try the following menu.lst entry:
Thanx alot mika : )
It works like this! I'don't have to gr'ml for myselfe anymore ; )
Patrick
I don't see anything when booting grml
This is a problem with vesafb framebuffer. Try to boot with bootoption 'nofb' or 'grml vga=normal'.
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 13:08:24 -0600
> I tried boot options grml lapic vga=791 > vga=normal > vga=ask > fb1024x768
Ah. I used vga=normal, then "grml-x -mode '1024x768' -module i810 fluxbox" and all was well. It's gorgeous! :-) Questions & suggestions (this is all while running from CD, btw):
XConsole is one annoying app. Running it from X you get "Couldn't open xconsole". I usually do "su" (no dash) then run it from a root command line, then exit. This (su, no dash) uses the user's ~/.Xauthority. Doing this in grml, trying to exit out of the root login, I get "You have running jobs.", and exit fails. Drat. Do I have to use nohup? Or will one of your brilliant zsh tricks (RUNASROOT) solve this?
keeling
> "fbset 1024x768-70" replies:
> open /dev/fb0: no such file or directory
Well, switching resolution on the fly won't work with vesafb.
> - XConsole is one annoying app. Running it from X you get "Couldn't > open xconsole". I usually do "su" (no dash) then run it from a root > command line, then exit. This (su, no dash) uses the user's > ~/.Xauthority.
You need to have read-permissions for /dev/xconsole.
> Doing this in grml, trying to exit out of the root login, I get "You > have running jobs.", and exit fails. Drat. Do I have to use nohup? > Or will one of your brilliant zsh tricks (RUNASROOT) solve this?
Just run 'exit' once more and you won't get the "You have running jobs" a second time. ;)
-mika-