[colug-432] Grub 2.0

[Travis Sidelinger]

Has anyone worked with GRUB 2.0 yet?
  # grub2-install --version
  grub-install (GNU GRUB 1.98

I've been trying to create a bootable USB drive with a variety of boot options

Some examples are:

menuentry "System Rescue CD 2.3.1 32bit" {
        loopback loop /boot/iso/systemrescuecd-x86-2.3.1.iso
        linux (loop)/isolinux/rescuecd root=auto init=/linuxrc
looptype=squashfs loop=(loop)/sysrc.dat
        initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz
}

menuentry "VMWare Converter 4.3" {
        loopback loop /boot/iso/vmware_converter-4.3.iso
        set root=(loop)
        chainloader +1
}

menuentry "Darik's Boot and Nuke" {
        loopback loop /boot/iso/dban-2.2.6_i586.iso
        linux (loop)/DBAN.BZI
}

But I've run into a number of issues:

1. The menu never launches on it's own.  I have to type "configfile
/boot/grub/grub.cfg" and it will launch.
2. When an OS does boot, it always jumps into booting as if "Enter"
was pressed.  How can I get their menus to work?
3. I can't get "chainloader" to work at all.

I've even tried upgrading to version 1.99, but I get compile errors.

I'm about ready to give up and try using syslinux boot loader instead.

~Travis


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