*\--syslinux*::
-This option is deprecated and is being left only for backwards compability
+This option is deprecated and is being left only for backwards compatibility
reasons. Syslinux is the default bootloader of grml2usb and therefore the
'--syslinux' option doesn't have any effects. If you do not want to use syslinux
as bootloader consider using the '--grub' option.
| |-- linux26
| |-- initrd.gz
|-- grub/
- | |-- grml.png [splash screen for grub2]
+ | |-- grml.png [graphical bootsplash background image for grub2]
| |-- grub.cfg [configuration file for grub2]
| |-- menu.lst [configuration file for grub1]
| |-- splash.xpm.gz [splash screen for grub1]
`-- syslinux/
- |-- boot.msg [boot splash for syslinux]
- |-- f1 [screen when pressing f1]
- |-- f2 [screen when pressing f2]
- |-- f3 [...]
- |-- f4
- |-- f5
- |-- f6
- |-- f7
- |-- f8
- |-- f9
- |-- f10
- |-- logo.16 [graphical part of boot splash]
- `-- syslinux.cfg [configuration file for syslinux]
+ |-- grml.png [graphical bootsplash background image for syslinux]
+ |-- syslinux.cfg [main configuration file for syslinux]
+ `-- [....] [several further config files for syslinux]
grml/
|-- grml2usb.txt [not yet implemented]
Why can't I just dd the ISO to a USB device?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Well, you can. :)
+Well, you can. :) Starting with grml 2009.10 the ISOs are dd-able straight out-of-the-box.
[IMPORTANT]
Note that ANY existing data on your USB device will be destroyed when
using the dd approach.
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Grab a recent grml ISO and use
link:http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Doc/isolinux#HYBRID_CD-ROM.2FHARD_DISK_MODE[isohybrid
from the syslinux project]:
% isohybrid grml_2009.05.iso
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-This allows you to dd the grml ISO to your USB device (use for example
+This allows you to dd the Grml ISO to your USB device (use for example
link:http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite[rawwrite] if you've just a Windows
system available) running:
- % dd if=grml_2009.05.iso of=/dev/sdX
+ % dd if=grml_2009.10.iso of=/dev/sdX
-where /dev/sdX is your USB device.
-
-[TIP]
-Upcoming stable versions of grml will provide dd-able ISOs straight
-out-of-the-box (and current link:http://daily.grml.org/[daily snapshots] already
-do) using a so called manifold boot method.
+where /dev/sdX is your USB device. Of course this doesn't provide such a
+flexible system like with grml2usb (no multi-ISO setup, no additional default
+bootoptions,...) but it's a nice way to get a working USB boot setup if you
+don't have grml2usb available.
[[grml2usb-vs-dd]]
What's the difference between grml2usb and just using dd?
grml2usb does not remove any data from your USB device and does not alter the
partition table at all. grml2usb provides multi-ISO support, support for adding
-default bootoptions and selecting the bootloader (grub vs. syslinux) without
+default bootoptions and selecting the bootloader (syslinux vs. grub) without
having to manually touch the ISO at all.
[[grml2iso]]
grml2iso is a script which uses grml2usb to generate a multiboot ISO out of
several grml ISOs. See 'man grml2iso' for further details.
+[[grml2usb-compat]]
+grml2usb fails with "Fatal: file default.cfg could not be found."
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If you are trying to install an older grml ISO (older than grml 2009.10) with a
+recent version of grml2usb then you might notice:
+
+ Fatal: file default.cfg could not be found.
+ Note: this grml2usb version requires an ISO generated by grml-live >=0.9.24 ...
+ ... either use grml releases >=2009.10 or switch to an older grml2usb version.
+ Please visit http://grml.org/grml2usb/#grml2usb-compat for further information
+ Fatal: a critical error happend during execution (not a grml ISO?), giving up
+
+Breaking the backward compatibility was necessary to avoid maintainability hell.
+If you want to install older grml ISOs please grab the grml2usb-compat Debian
+package which provides support for older releases or the
+link:http://grml.org/grml2usb/grml2usb-compat.tgz[grml2usb-compat tarball]
+(link:http://grml.org/grml2usb/grml2usb-compat.tgz.md5.asc[gpg signature/md5]).
+
[[menu-lst]]
Why is there a menu.lst and a grub.cfg inside /boot/grub/?
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