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[mipstien]

this has been discussed but i never seem to find an answer that works for me.
basically i have grub4dos installed and ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04 and i don't care which works just wanna get something started. i could use unetbootin but i have larger dreams here. anyways.
when i run grub4dos with this entry

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title ubuntu
find --set-root /ubuntu.iso
map /ubuntu.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)
boot

it loads up to loading, please wait. . .
(initramfs)
and then hangs.
i have other issue's but i figure if i can get this running then ill deal with the other stuff later. i have been working with grub4dos for only a few days but it has been a constant thing for me for at least 48 hours now haha.
i also have another question about what the hd32 means....

[mipstien]

after doing a lot more trial and error testing i still can't get it to move past the initramfs halt.
but i also don't understand why it halts there. is it because it loads something like the kernel and then doesn't let anything else load out of the iso file?

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title ubuntu open
find --set-root /ubuntu/casper/vmlinuz
kernel /ubuntu/casper/vmlinuz file=ubuntu/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper console-setup/variantcode=nodeadkeys quiet splash --
initrd /ubuntu/casper/initrd.gz

after un-isoing the ubuntu iso and using that code i get the same halt....

*sigh*

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find --set-root /ubuntu/casper/initrd.gz
kernel /ubuntu/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper persistent rw splash
initrd /ubuntu/casper/initrd.gz
boot

found that in another thread and still does the same thing.... apparently im missing something...

[tsetya]

for ubuntu/kubuntu 9.04 see here : http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...=5041&st=20

for my set up i use only this neccesarry command

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title Ubuntu LiveCD
find --set-root /ubuntu.iso
map /ubuntu.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu.iso
initrd /casper/initrd.gz
boot

where are you booting from? internal HD or USB?
if you boot from usb it may/may not work depend on your motherboard. it is not work on my mobo (ASUS P5Q). Ubuntu on USB work on my p5q only after updating kernel. May be you can try another distro that has newer kernel (perhaps Linuxmint7). you can use the same command ubuntu and linuxmint7.

[mipstien]

thank you for your response!
ill work with it tonight a little more at work.

[mipstien]

unfortunately that didn't work and it seemed to not get even as far as the other commands i posted.i am downloading linux mint right now and ill see how that works then.


update:
it does actually get a little further during the boot. the line it gets stuck on is

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[      11.215508] sd 2:0:0:0: attached scsi generic sg1 type 0

[mipstien]

linux mint worked fine with that grub code. thank you for that. it fixxes part of my problems!

[mipstien]

i feel a little dumb. after searching all day one day last week i couldn't find it and it was there in a pinned thread after reading every post i found a link to code that would boot ubuntu 9.04 live cd

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title Ubuntu LiveCD
find --set-root /ubuntu-9.04-beta-desktop-i386.iso
map /ubuntu-9.04-beta-desktop-i386.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu-9.04-beta-desktop-i386.iso quiet splash --
initrd /casper/initrd.gz
boot

thanks to user tinybit for posting this.

which was apparently in that post ....

[doveman]

Has anyone got the Ubuntu 9.04 ISO working in VMware? I've tried all the variations suggested here and every time it stops at (initramfs). This is what I get exactly:

Booting command list

(cd)
Filesystem type is iso9660, using whole disk
[Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3000, size=0x353cd0]
[Linux-initrd @ 0x1f77c000, 0x763993 bytes]
[ 2.116611] powernow-k8: BIOS error - no PSB or ACPI _PSS objects
Loading, please wait...

BusyBox v1.10.2 (Ubuntu 1:1.10.2-2ubuntu7) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs)

[shamurshamur]

i feel a little dumb. after searching all day one day last week i couldn't find it and it was there in a pinned thread after reading every post i found a link to code that would boot ubuntu 9.04 live cd

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title Ubuntu LiveCD
find --set-root /ubuntu-9.04-beta-desktop-i386.iso
map /ubuntu-9.04-beta-desktop-i386.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu-9.04-beta-desktop-i386.iso quiet splash --
initrd /casper/initrd.gz
boot

thanks to user tinybit for posting this.

which was apparently in that post ....

i have tried just now , working for me too!!
great work!!

[doveman]

I tried the ubuntu 9.04 ISO directly in VMware and that boots fine. It's just if I try and boot the ISO from Grub4Dos that I have this problem.