1

I would like to add android x86 iso, I don't want to install it, to my usb multi boot, already booting:

  • Ubuntu
  • Hiren's BootCD
  • Rescue Cd
  • ...

What could be a suitable way ?

1 Answer 1

3

From scratch:

  1. Install grub2 on a usb
  2. Extract Android x86 Iso content somewhere on usb
  3. create the following grub.cfg entry

I suppose you have extracted the Android files in USB_ROOT/boot/iso/android

menuentry "Android-x86 Live" {
    set root=(hd0,msdos1)
    linux /boot/iso/android/kernel root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 video=-16 quiet SRC= DATA=
    initrd /boot/iso/android/initrd.img
}

The above entry is created on the base of isolinux.cfg content that you find in the android iso ( you can look into this file to create installation entry as well )

Other Grub2 entry

Here some other grub2 entry that maybe helpfull in case somebody want to create a multi boot:

set timeout=10
set default=0

menuentry "Hiren 15.2" {
    linux16 /boot/grub/grub.exe --config-file="find --set-root /boot/iso/hiren_15.2/menu.lst; configfile /boot/iso/hiren_15.2/menu.lst"
} 

menuentry "Android-x86 Live" {
    set root=(hd0,msdos1)
    linux /boot/iso/android/kernel root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 video=-16 quiet SRC= DATA=
    initrd /boot/iso/android/initrd.img
}

menuentry 'Ubuntu 14.04' {
    set isofile='/boot/iso/trusty-desktop-amd64.iso'
    loopback loop $isofile
    linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile locale=en_US.UTF-8
    initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}

menuentry 'Slax-7.0-kde4' {
    set dir=/boot/iso/slax
    set root=(hd0,msdos1)
    linux $dir/boot/vmlinuz from=$dir vga=normal load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 printk.time=0 slax.flags=perch,xmode
    initrd $dir/boot/initrfs.img
}

menuentry "CrunchBang - Live" {
    set isofile='/boot/iso/crunchbang-11-20130506-i686.iso'
    loopback loop (hd0,1)$isofile
    linux (loop)/live/vmlinuz initrd=/live/initrd.img iso-scan/filename=$isofile toram=filesystem.squashfs findiso=$isofile boot=live config --
    initrd (loop)/live/initrd.img
}

menuentry "System Rescue CD 64" {
    set isofile='/boot/iso/systemrescuecd-x86-4.5.1.iso'
    loopback loop $isofile
    linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue64 isoloop=$isofile
    initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz
}

menuentry "Clonezilla Live 2.2.3-25 amd64" --class iso {
    set isofile="/boot/iso/clonezilla-live-2.3.2-22-amd64.iso"
    loopback loop $isofile
    linux (loop)/live/vmlinuz findiso=$isofile boot=live union=aufs config noprompt ip=frommedia toram=filesystem.squashfs
    initrd (loop)/live/initrd.img
}

You must log in to answer this question.

Start asking to get answers

Find the answer to your question by asking.

Ask question

Explore related questions

See similar questions with these tags.