The Debian Package grml-rescueboot ---------------------------------- Usually systems are rescued with CD or usb stick. grml-rescueboot makes it possible to simply copy an ISO image to the harddisk and boot the rescue image. This eliminates the need to carry around a usb stick to rescue a system. grml-rescueboot includes the script 42_grml which is installed in /etc/grub.d and run when update-grub is executed. The script looks for ISO images in /boot/grml/ and adds an entry for each image found. Howto: ------ - Get a recent Grml image from http://grml.org/download/ - Copy the image to /boot/grml - Run update-grub - Reboot and enjoy your new rescue system Limitations: ------------ grml-rescueboot uses the loopback feature of grub2, so it won't work with legacy grub. Furthermore the ISO image needs to support loopback.cfg, a file which is placed in /boot/grub/. Grml supports loopback.cfg beginning with release version 2010.04. More technical details can be found here: http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wiki/Loopback.cfg -- Andreas "Jimmy" Gredler Sat, 06 Nov 2010 12:28:45 +0100