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Bug 682160 - GParted Live on Hard Disk from Windows
GParted Live on Hard Disk from Windows
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gparted
Classification: Other
Component: docs
unspecified
Other Windows
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gparted maintainers alias
gparted maintainers alias
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-08-18 15:25 UTC by Frank Breitling
Modified: 2012-08-19 09:07 UTC
See Also:
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Description Frank Breitling 2012-08-18 15:25:02 UTC 
At http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livehd.php you describe how to boot the gparted-live.iso from hard disk.

However, this solution requires a Linux system.

A solution for Windows using NeoBoot of EasyBCD can be found in the post by steve6375 at

http://reboot.pro/14644/

##
title gparted 11.0 live
find --set-root /gparted-live-0.11.0-10.iso
map /gparted-live-0.11.0-10.iso (0xff) || map --mem /gparted-live-0.11.0-10.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /live/vmlinuz  boot=live config union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=788 ip=frommedia findiso=/gparted-live-0.11.0-10.iso toram=filesystem.squashfs
initrd /live/initrd.img
##

This worked for me.
It would be great if you you could add it to the GParted documentation at 

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livehd.php
Comment 1 Curtis Gedak 2012-08-18 18:03:13 UTC 
Thank you Frank for this suggestion.

Your sample menu entry has been added to the "GParted Live on Hard Disk" web page.  You might need to refresh your browser (F5 key) to see the updated page.

If you notice any mistakes, then please let us know and we will adjust the web page accordingly.

Closing this report as RESOLVED.
Comment 2 Frank Breitling 2012-08-18 21:02:41 UTC 
Dear Curtis,

Thank you very much for your fast response and update.
So just to be precise it wasn't me who worked it out.
I just was the one who reported it to the proper address.
Anyways thanks for the credits.

Cheers

Frank
Comment 3 Curtis Gedak 2012-08-18 22:14:33 UTC 
Thanks Frank for the clarification.  As such I have changed the wording on the Live HD page.

Changed from:
   Thanks to Frank Breitling for providing this sample menu entry.
to:
   Thanks to Frank Breitling for pointing out this sample menu entry.
Comment 4 Frank Breitling 2012-08-19 09:07:19 UTC 
Thanks Curtis, but it was fine with me already.

A final remark - this method is similar to booting an Ubuntu iso as shown at http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/ubuntu:

##
title Try Ubuntu without installing
find --set-root /ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso
map /ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso (0xff) || map --mem /ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /casper/vmlinuz  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed noprompt boot=casper persistent iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso quiet splash --
initrd /casper/initrd.lz
##

Cheers