Ubuntu :: Grub2 - Chainload EZBoot - Windows PE And Add A Menuentry For ISO?

Mar 20, 2011

I've long been looking for a way to make an ISO out of a CD I have, write it to a partition and boot it with grub2. I understand that doing that is non-trivial so I decided to go a different route (for now). I extracted the contents of the CD (iso9660) onto a NTFS partition (/dev/sda6). The CD has several things on it, it first loads a text-based screen that has options to either boot the first HDD, boot to a Windows PE environment, or boot some isolinux-based utlities. I've observed the following on in its root directory:

/boot/BCD
/boot/bootsec.exe (and others)
/ezboot/*.ezb
/isolinux/isolinux.bin (and others)
/bootmgr

So based on what I see when I boot the CD, and the files I'm seeing on it, the EZboot loads first, then either the Windows PE bootloader or ISOLinux depending on what you pick. I have grub installed onto it's own dir and it works fine for linux. When I ran grub-mkconfig it found a Windows Bootloader on /dev/sda6 but when booting to it the machine resets. So the Question is: Can I chainload EZBoot? If not, can I chainload Windows PE and add a menuentry for ISOLinux?

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Apr 26, 2011

I've partially installed Gentoo to a separate (RAID0) partition and would like to boot it from my Ubuntu 10.04 Grub installation. I have a /boot on RAID1 (mirror) and Ubuntu root on RAID1 (stripe set.) I have added what I could figure out to

Code:

hbarta@olive:~$ cat /etc/grub.d/40_custom
#!/bin/sh
exec tail -n +3 $0

[code]....

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Windows 7 have 100 mb partition "System Reserved" the grub2 points to that partition but still windows 7 not loaded.

sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3c3a81f5

[Code]....

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[Code]..

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Code:

sudo update-grub
Found linux image: ....
Found initrd image: ....
Found linux image: ....
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done

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I'm trying to setup existing Linux partitions to boot using chainloader following instructions from here:

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and here:

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Here's fdisk -l:

Code:
# fdisk -l
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how to make windoze not commit suicide and delete grub?

I have a Dell Studio 1557.

:~$ uname -a
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:~$ sudo fdisk -l

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Code:

Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
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Code:
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insmod ntfs

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Feb 17, 2011

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I also tried popping in the windows installation disk and trying a system repair, but apparently no errors were found.

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May 16, 2011

i installed ubuntu / under /dev/sda1, then installed Win7 under /dev/sda2, as primary. Extended partition and its logicals are for data.

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Some data:

Ubuntu Natty 11.04

From /etc/grub/grub.cfg:

Code:

menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" --class windows --class os {
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insmod ntfs
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My "sudo fdisk -l" (typing manually, so skipping the Blocks)
Device Boot Id System
/dev/sdb1 83 Linux -- where x64 9.10 is
/dev/sdb2 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 83 Linux -- where x86 9.04 is
/dev/sdb6 83 Linux -- /home
/dev/sdb7 82 Linux Swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb8 87 HPFS/NTFS -- Windows 7

Things I've tried so far:
1) Automatically finding Windows: sudo update-grub2
2) Reinstalling grub via Live CD (9.10): sudo grub-install --root-directory=/media/(where sdb1 - x64 Ubuntu is) /dev/sdb
3) Forgetting Ubuntu altogether and fixing boot using Windows 7 - bootrec.exe /fixmbr; bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd

Now, number 3 is interesting, I found out that where Windows is installed, /dev/sdb8, is a logical partition, and cannot be made active (bootable). This led me to try number 4:

4) Updating /etc/grub.d with custom 40_Win7 file, and making it bootable (the GRUB makeactive, GRUB2 parttool command):
echo "Adding Win 7 to Bootloader" >&2
cat << EOF
menuentry "Windows 7" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd1,8 )
parttool (hd1,8 ) boot+
chainloader +1
} EOF

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Code:

Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/mapper/pdc_chfbjcefbd and looks for
(UUID=c859191e-3279-4ecc-a569-4dfc8e1789b3)/boot/grub.

[code]...

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Code:
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Code:
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Oct 12, 2010

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Here is my boot info script, results:

Code:
Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
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[Code].....

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menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
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search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3850d16450d12980
chainloader +1
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This is automaticly genarated after installed ubuntu 10.10. It shows black screen with a flashing cursor after press enter. Grub 0.97 also does this with:

title win7
fallback 2
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /bootmgr
chainloader /bootmgr
savedefault --wait=2

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