Forum: EasyBoot
Topic: Booting Grub4Dos using EasyBoot
started by: darryl_co
Posted by darryl_co on Oct. 30 2012,16:15
Hi,
I wish to load grub4dos using easyboot.I placed the grldr and menu.lst files in the root of the cd i.e /disk1.I have tried the commands run /grldr and bcdw /grldr, but when the hotkey is pressed and grub loads the first line of grub menu states
find /menu.lst, /boot/grub.menu.lst, /grub/menu.lst
then
Booting find /menu.lst, /boot/grub.menu.lst, /grub/menu.lst
which leads to the command prompt of grub
grub>
Please guide how do i boot GRUB4DOS using Easyboot?
Posted by balder on Oct. 30 2012,17:38
@darryl_co

Quote: " Please guide how do i boot GRUB4DOS using Easyboot?"

You must tick 'Allow Lower Case' and also make sure letters to 'menu.lst' are set to lowercase :O
You can not use the letters MENU.LST. Must be menu.lst :;):

Note: new problems might pop up as you tick 'Allow Lower Case' :(

In earlier versions of EasyBoot, memdisk worked okay, which also made it possible to leave 'Allow Lower Case' unused :cool: '

But memdisk seems not respond that well with latest release of EasyBoot ???
You can use 'run' or 'bcdw' as menu command.

regards balder
Posted by darryl_co on Oct. 31 2012,00:54
Allowing lower case worked but booting the title I get
kernel /acronis/dat3.dat rw /S mbrcrcs=on vga=788 quiet
file cannot be found.My menu.lst is

default 0

title Acronis True Image Home
kernel /acronis/dat3.dat rw /S mbrcrcs=on vga=788 quiet
initrd /acronis/dat2.dat
map --unmap=0:0xff

This command works when booted from usb drive.I have extracted the boot image(acr.bif) from the rescue cd and then  extracted the files from the bif to folder named acronis in the root of the cd.
I am trying on virtual pc and vmware.
I cannot boot the iso as I do not have space on my cd(making for pc with cd drive no dvd drive).Booting the acr.bif is not possible as the size is 100mb and the extracted folder sixe is 50mb.Space available on the cd is 70mb.
Posted by darryl_co on Oct. 31 2012,01:19
the dat files extension was in upper case changed it to lower case and it worked.
Thanks balder  :)

Posted by balder on Oct. 31 2012,02:14
@darryl_co

Quote: "Allowing lower case worked"

Please test with not extracting anything to the root of EasyBoot (folder disk1 is the root in EasyBoot) :)

Instead use ISO as it is (run  acronis.iso).

Only tick 'Joliet' when creating ISO in EasyBoot.

If still not working, use my script 'easyboot-iso.script' without ticking 'Run ISO from RAM' to integrate acronis ISO-file into EasyBoot :cool:

Earlier acronis was never any problem - question is if later versions works the same ???
I tested 'Acronis_True_Image2012.iso'  using menu command;  run aconisimage2012.iso  and ticked 'Joliet' when creating ISO in EasyBoot.

Worked from Virtual PC and also from USB stick :)


regards balder
Posted by darryl_co on Oct. 31 2012,05:28
As I said I do not have space on the cd so running the iso file (200mb) is out of the question.I have got winxp and other utils.manage to create space after deleting unused language files from the setup disc.My actual menu.lst that worked is
default 0
title Acronis True Image Home
kernel /acronis/dat3.dat rw /S mbrcrcs=on vga=788 #load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_size=40000 quiet
initrd /acronis/dat2.dat
map --unmap=0:0xff
This command even loads faster than loading iso