So I have this old PIII and it has a openSUSE 12.2 XFCE installed. Recently it lost its ata dvd drive and now i want to load an custom 12.3 on it. I have prepared an SD card with an iso witch can boot from a card reader on regular PCs (tasted out)
I am wondering how to edit GRUB2 on an existing installation to boot my usb cardreader and install from it.
It is a stock GRUB2 from 12.2 like I said, and this PC is so old it doesnt boot from USB.
Thanks
Here’s a thought…
If your machine is networkable or you have another machine and can mount your hard drive into your alternate machine, try following the instructions for creating a LiveCD or “system on a USB stick” but instead copying the files to your hard drive. You might even be able to get a base OS bootstrapped to your drive using techniques that create a fs for chroot or UML(if this is what you want to try and can’t find instructions, I can suggest some steps).
Then, return your drive to its laptop and boot.
Otherwise,
I haven’t looked recently but there are a number of articles on the Internet how to modify the grub2 configuration to mount a loop device which can be almost anything including a USB stick… but that might require the BIOS to fundamentally support USB connectivity before a full OS has loaded which isn’t certain in your case.
Of course, if your networking skills are good you might also be able to configure a PXE boot which has been supported by most hardware for at least 10 years.
HTH,
TSU
grub has nothing to do with the first part of the boot it a matter of the BIOS. If it won’t boot from a USB it won’t.
Does it boot from a cd?
gogalthorpgrub has nothing to do with the first part of the boot it a matter of the BIOS. If it won’t boot from a USB it won’t.
Does it boot from a cd?
It does but i dont have an ata drive :’(
tsu2Here’s a thought…
Thanks Ill do some reading, or buy a ata drive in a garage sale.