how to make bootable image of os with grub

shrikant · Post by **shrikant** » Sat May 17, 2008 4:30 pm

how to make bootable image of my os with grub.
my os supports only floppy drive,and i want to use grub as a bootloader?

svdmeer · Post by **svdmeer** » Sat May 17, 2008 4:38 pm

You can write your own one.

shrikant · Post by **shrikant** » Sat May 17, 2008 4:42 pm

i dnt want to write my own boot loader,i want to use grub

AJ · Post by AJ » Sat May 17, 2008 4:53 pm

Hi,

Have a look at the -> GRUB <- article on the wiki.

Cheers,
Adam

shrikant · Post by **shrikant** » Sat May 17, 2008 5:05 pm

nothing satisfactory information......for a novoice

AJ · Post by AJ » Sat May 17, 2008 6:14 pm

Hi,

So...you have made an OS but can't follow the wiki GRUB instructions?

If you are using a Linux environment they should be fairly simple to follow. If using Windows, you will need to download a preinstalled image. There are many available on the net including this one from my web page. If you later want GRUB on a hard disk, key drive or other medium, you will need to use this preinstalled image to install it yourself as per the GRUB instructions - you are unlikely to obtain a blank preinstalled version.

Cheers,
Adam

shrikant · Post by **shrikant** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:18 am

thanks for the reply sir,but can u please tell me one more thing that how can i use this image to load my kernel

Combuster · Post by **Combuster** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:17 pm

Seriously, have you read the grub manual and the wiki page? It tells you exactly how to have grub boot your kernel.

piranha · Post by **piranha** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:43 pm

Wow, another perfect test case for the RTFM thread!

Can you load that image as a virtual drive/loop device? Then copy the kernel on to it and tell grub what to load in the menu.lst file.

It's all there, just look for it.

-JL

shrikant · Post by **shrikant** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:44 pm

how to use pre installed grub floopy image

inflater · Post by **inflater** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:46 pm

Geez dude. Wire it to the 230 volts supply.

Rawwritewin, WinImage, DD, for physical diskettes? Use a emulator like QEMU?

piranha · Post by **piranha** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:30 pm

You asked a question that can be answered by the information given. You then awoke this thread again with a simple restatement. Did you even look at the links given? I'd say that after asking this question twice with all the information given, you need to learn more about the dev tools, the utilities and the operating system that you are using.

Seriously, do you think that you will be able to do this if you can't figure it out?

I worked on doing this for a week on and off with no help and I could figure it out. So did many others on this forum.

Rethink what your doing, and if you still don't know how to do this if you've read all the material, rethink the project.

-JL