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Boot From Ubuntu 18.04.2.iso, MXLinux18.3.iso, ... Files From Hard Disk / USB disk Using GRUB2

To Boot Ubuntu18.04.2.iso, MXLinux18.3.iso, etc... File From USB disk

Create AIOBoot USB disk.

Place Ubuntu18.04.2.iso, MXLinux18.3.iso, etc... Files Inside <USB disk>/AIO/Files/ Folder.

Boot From USB disk and Press J and Select .iso Listed From <USB disk>/AIO/Files/ Folder

To Boot Ubuntu18.04.2.iso, MXLinux18.3.iso, etc... File From HDD Without Installing Any in HDD

Create AIOBoot USB disk. Boot From it and Use its File Manager and Select .iso From HDD

To Create AIOBoot USB disk From Ubuntu 18.04.2

Download AIOBoot .7z File From

https://github.com/nguyentumine/AIO-Boot/releases

Extract Into $HOME/AIOBoot/ Folder

In Terminal, Run The Below Command (Change sdb As Per Your USB disk)

sudo grub-bios-setup -d $HOME/AIOBoot/AIO/grub/i386-pc/ /dev/sdb

(If we boot from USB disk now, booting to <grub-rescue> prompt will come)

Copy all files & folders of $HOME/AIOBoot/ folder into USB disk (use command - sudo nautilus)

For More Details:

https://www.aioboot.com/en/aio-boot-linux/

To Create AIOBoot USB disk With 2 Partitions From Ubuntu 18.04.2

Using GParted, Create Following Partitions in USB disk

Partition 1

Primary

NTFS

Space Following 4096MB

Partition 2

Primary

FAT32

Remaining Space ~4096MB

Enable Flags - Boot,Hidden

Note:

Use EXT4 partition instead of FAT32, only if want to keep an .iso file of more than 4GB in USB disk. Advantage of FAT32 partition is it supports hidden flag, unlike EXT4 partition.

Download AIOBoot .7z File From

https://github.com/nguyentumine/AIO-Boot/releases

Extract Into $HOME/AIOBoot/ Folder

In Terminal, Run The Below Command (Change sdb As Per Your USB disk)

sudo grub-bios-setup -d $HOME/AIOBoot/AIO/grub/i386-pc/ /dev/sdb

(If we boot from USB disk now, booting to <grub-rescue> prompt will come)

Use Disks or GParted software to mount the hidden (2nd) partition of the USB disk

Copy all files & folders of $HOME/AIOBoot/ folder into the hidden (2nd) partition of the USB disk

(use command - sudo nautilus)

For More Details:

https://www.aioboot.com/en/aio-boot-linux/

To Install AIOBoot in MBR of Hard Disk

Download AIOBoot .7z File From

https://github.com/nguyentumine/AIO-Boot/releases

Extract Into $HOME/AIOBoot/ Folder

In Terminal, Run The Below Command (Change sda As Per Your Hard disk)

sudo grub-bios-setup -d $HOME/AIOBoot/AIO/grub/i386-pc/ /dev/sda

Copy all files & folders of $HOME/AIOBoot/ folder into a NTFS / FAT32 / EXT4 Primary partition of Hard disk. Set Boot Flag in Primary partition

(use command - sudo nautilus)

To Create AIOBoot USB disk From Windows

Download AIOBoot .exe File From

https://github.com/nguyentumine/AIO-Boot/releases

Or

https://www.aioboot.com/en/download/

Follow the Procedure Given in The Below Link

https://www.aioboot.com/en/how-to-use/

To Boot Ubuntu18.04.2.iso, MXLinux18.3.iso, etc... File From Hard Disk in a PC Running Windows

Download AIOBoot .exe File From

https://github.com/nguyentumine/AIO-Boot/releases

Or

https://www.aioboot.com/en/download/

Follow the Procedure Given in The Below Link

https://www.aioboot.com/en/how-to-use/

To Change Menu Order in The AIOBoot

Note: The 1st Menu Item Will Be The Default

Change menuentry Order in The Below File

<AIOBoot>/AIO/grub/Main.cfg

To Boot Ubuntu18.04.2.iso File From Hard Disk in a PC Running Ubuntu

Note: Assuming below 4 points

1) (hd0,2)/isos/Ubuntu18.04.2.iso file is inside isos folder of 2nd partition of 1st hard disk (/dev/sda2)

2) Ubuntu 18.04.x is installed in hard disk

3) sudo update-grub (command to update GRUB2 after editing 40_custom)

4) sudo gedit /etc/grub.d/40_custom (command to edit 40_custom)

menuentry "Ubuntu 18.04.2" {

loopback loop (hd0,2)/isos/Ubuntu18.04.2.iso

linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/isos/Ubuntu18.04.2.iso

initrd (loop)/casper/initrd

}

To Boot MX Linux 18.3.iso File From Hard Disk in a PC Running Ubuntu

Note: Assuming below 4 points

1) (hd0,2)/isos/MXLinux18.3.iso file is inside isos folder of 2nd partition of 1st hard disk (/dev/sda2)

2) Ubuntu 18.04.x is installed in hard disk

3) sudo update-grub (command to update GRUB2 after editing 40_custom)

4) sudo gedit /etc/grub.d/40_custom (command to edit 40_custom)

menuentry "MX Linux 18.3" {

loopback loop (hd0,2)/isos/MXLinux18.3.iso

set root=(loop)

linux (loop)/antiX/vmlinuz fromiso=/isos/MXLinux18.3.iso bdev=/dev/sda2

initrd (loop)/antiX/initrd.gz

}

References:

Boot Mx Linux .iso Files From Hard Disk 1 - https://antixlinux.com/forum-archive/booting-antix-with-grub-2-t3720.html

Boot Mx Linux .iso Files From Hard Disk 2 - https://mxlinux.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40215

Boot Mx Linux .iso Files From Hard Disk 3 - https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=47650

Boot Ubuntu 18.04 From Hard Disk - http://unixnme.blogspot.com/2018/05/boot-from-ubuntu-live-iso-directly-from.html

Boot Linux .iso Files From Hard Disk - https://www.howtogeek.com/196933/how-to-boot-linux-iso-images-directly-from-your-hard-drive/

Clover EFI Bootloader - https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/

40_custom grub2 config files for various Linux Distributions - https://github.com/thias/glim/tree/master/grub2

GRUB2 40_custom file

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB

https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/8-grub-install/

https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/8-grub-bios-setup/

https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/8-grub-mkconfig/

GRUB2 Live ISO Multiboot - https://github.com/thias/glim/blob/master/README.md

GRUB2 Config file examples - https://pendrivelinux.com/downloads/multibootlinux/grub.cfg

GRUB2 USB Boot Creation Using Ubuntu - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/ISOBoot

Install GRUB2 on a Windows Only PC - https://www.aioboot.com/en/install-grub2-from-windows/