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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to get grub to launch isolinux/syslinux boot menu. Post 302405947 by Narnie on Saturday 20th of March 2010 10:49:01 PM
Old 03-20-2010
How to get grub to launch isolinux/syslinux boot menu.

Hello,

I'm trying to get a multi-boot setup going for a USB.

I have different vfat-32 partitions I have copied ISOs of several linux distros.

The first one I installed using unetbootin, which works great and uses syslinux, but syslinux can't boot other partitions. So, I have grub installed.

I have gotten so far as to be able to get the grub menu up, but trying to load the partition's isolinux (which is how the Linux Mint LDXE distro boots) gives me an grub error 13.

Here is my menu.1st:

Code:
default        0

gfxmenu=/boot/gfxmenu/linuxmint.message

timeout        5

color cyan/blue white/blue


title         Linux
root        (hd0,5)
kernel        /isolinux/vesamenu.c32

Not exactly sure what to call for the kernel.

I have also tried the isolinux.bin, but still get the grub error 13.

Can anyone help me figure how to get grub to boot an isolinux menu?

Here is the listing of the /isolinux directory:
Code:
$ ls isolinux/
boot.cat  isolinux.bin  isolinux.cfg  memtest  splash.jpg  vesamenu.c32

And the /boot/grub/:
Code:
$ ls boot/grub/
default        fat_stage1_5       jfs_stage1_5    reiserfs_stage1_5  xfs_stage1_5
device.map     installed-version  menu.lst        stage1
e2fs_stage1_5  iso9660_stage1_5   minix_stage1_5  stage2

Thanks,
Narnie
 

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GRUB(8) 								FSF								   GRUB(8)

NAME
grub - the grub shell SYNOPSIS
grub [OPTION]... DESCRIPTION
Enter the GRand Unified Bootloader command shell. --batch turn on batch mode for non-interactive use --boot-drive=DRIVE specify stage2 boot_drive [default=0x0] --config-file=FILE specify stage2 config_file [default=/boot/grub/menu.lst] --device-map=FILE use the device map file FILE --help display this message and exit --hold wait until a debugger will attach --install-partition=PAR specify stage2 install_partition [default=0x20000] --no-config-file do not use the config file --no-curses do not use curses --no-floppy do not probe any floppy drive --no-pager do not use internal pager --preset-menu use the preset menu --probe-second-floppy probe the second floppy drive --read-only do not write anything to devices --verbose print verbose messages --version print version information and exit REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>. SEE ALSO
update-grub(8), grub-install(8). The full documentation for grub is maintained as a Texinfo manual in the grub-legacy-doc package. If the info and grub programs are prop- erly installed at your site, the command info grub should give you access to the complete manual. grub (GNU GRUB 0.97) January 2013 GRUB(8)
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