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xaos52

The Good Doctor

From: Planet of the @s

Registered: 2011-06-24

Posts: 4,602

Put your GRML rescue system on your hard disk.

The README file of package grml-rescueboot says it all:

The Debian Package grml-rescueboot
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Usually systems are rescued with CD or USB stick. grml-rescueboot makes
it possible to simply copy an Grml ISO image to the harddisk and boot the
rescue image. This eliminates the need to carry around a USB stick
to rescue a system as long as the hard disk and the boot manager still
work.

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
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- 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
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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

Create your own ISO
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You can make your own Grml Live ISO image using the grml-live
build framework. Visit http://grml.org/grml-live/ and
http://grml.org/ for more information.

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Digit

#! Die Hard

From: the internet

Registered: 2009-05-26

Posts: 1,083

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Re: Put your GRML rescue system on your hard disk.

nice.

i quite often have systemrescuecd laying around, and an extra slitaz or crunchbang (or slackware, and in the past, even arch) installed on a partition to serve in a similar fashion.  but this is really nice.  grml is an excellent choice, and having it on hd as your emergency system is a nice touch.  and that's a really really nice way of having it.  no need for a separate partition etc.  very nice.  thnx for that xaos52. 

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dura

Bloated Gimp

From: interzone

Registered: 2012-09-15

Posts: 2,108

Re: Put your GRML rescue system on your hard disk.

Nice! I'm going to do this, then rid myself of the stench of rotten burgers. Thanks.

PackRat

#! Die Hard

From: USA

Registered: 2011-03-03

Posts: 1,572

Re: Put your GRML rescue system on your hard disk.

Excellent.

Works as advertised.

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xaos52

The Good Doctor

From: Planet of the @s

Registered: 2011-06-24

Posts: 4,602

Re: Put your GRML rescue system on your hard disk.

WARNING: Only works when grub is still OK. So do keep a live system on optical media or pendrive around.

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PackRat

#! Die Hard

From: USA

Registered: 2011-03-03

Posts: 1,572

Re: Put your GRML rescue system on your hard disk.

I used the grml2usb package to do that as well.

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