Booting iso images with GRUB 2
Booting iso images with GRUB 2 With thousdands of linux distributions around , booting iso images with out burning it to a cd or dvd saves a lot of money and effort. Let us try to boot system rescue cd. I have ubuntu lucid lynx installed on my laptop. Let us see how to boot system rescue cd from the iso image. Get the latest system rescue cd from here. I keep all my iso images under /boot/iso folder . You can choose a different folder. (but note the exact path) Add the following lines to /etc/grub.d/40_custom file menuentry " SystemRescue CD ISO " { loopback loop (hd0,1)/boot/iso/systemrescuecd-x86-1.5.8.iso linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue64 setkmap=us isoloop=/systemrescuecd-x86-1.5.8.iso initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz } You may have to tweak ( hd0,1 ) depending on the location of your iso image. The line loopback loop (hd0,1)/boot/iso/systemrescue...