[GRUB iso multiboot]
- Auto detect and create entries for .iso files in /iso/
- Preserves its boot options!
- Small and lean, few entries lots of images
- new iso, same script. No need to tweak around (ymmv).
If your pendrive is already formated to FAT skip to 2
1. Installation Guide (clean disk)
export LABEL=<label-of-your-choice>
1.1 Create a partition table:
# fdisk /dev/sdX
o # DOS partition table
n # new partition
p # primary
1 # first
<enter> # use the whole disk
<enter> # use the whole disk
a # toggle bootable (make sure it is now ON)
w # write
1.2 Format to FAT
# mkfs.fat -n $LABEL /dev/sdX1
Or with gparted
gparted /dev/sdX
# Device -> Create Partition Table... -> select: msdos -> Apply
# Partition -> New -> (configure options) -> Add
Create as: Primary Partition
File System: fat32
Label: $LABEL
# Apply all operations
# Select partition /dev/sdX1 -> Left click -> Manage Flags -> Enable boot flag
2. Installation Guide (formated disk)
2.1a mount
mkdir -p /tmp/$LABEL
sudo mount /dev/disk/by-label/$LABEL /tmp/$LABEL
2.1b mount (as a regular user)
pmount /dev/disk/by-label/$LABEL
# adapt destination to the created folder in /media for the following commands
# mount point will look something like this: /media/disk_by-label_$LABEL
2.2 install grub & copy release files
grub-install --boot-directory=/tmp/$LABEL/boot /dev/sdX
tar xvf grub-iso-multiboot.tar.gz -C /tmp/$LABEL
2.3a unmount
umount /tmp/$LABEL
2.3b unmount
pumount /media/disk_by-label_$LABEL
3. Adjusts
3.1 I want my GRUB to look like that
Find a theme you would like to use. The one from the screenshot above is vimix.
Move the theme contents to the themes folder of the instalation, like so:
mount /dev/disk/by-label/$LABEL /tmp/$LABEL
tar xvf Vimix-1080p.tar.xz -C /tmp/
mv /tmp/Vimix-1080p/Vimix /tmp/$LABEL/boot/grub/themes/vimix
Double check that you have the theme.txt file in the correct place
/tmp/$LABEL/boot/grub/themes/vimix/theme.txt.
As the last step, select the theme in /tmp/$LABEL/boot/grub/grub.cfg:
- set theme=/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt
+ set theme=/boot/grub/themes/vimix/theme.txtrelease the pendrive.
umount /tmp/$LABEL
4. Add isos to /boot/iso/
Menu entries will be populated according to the files present during boot. To add isos via terminal, just copy them over:
mount /dev/disk/by-label/$LABEL /tmp/$LABEL
cp <my-iso-file>.iso /tmp/$LABEL/boot/iso/
umount /tmp/$LABEL
5. Testing
Qemu works well for testing.
Something like this will do the trick:
sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 2G --drive file=/dev/sdX,format=raw
6. Contibute
6.1 You can contribute by requesting/testing ISOs, and also by making a
donation.
Consider donating:
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