Boot Live ISOs via GRUB and Windows

[Shalok Shalom]

    Hi there :)

I appreciate your effort and hope you can help me with your expertice.

My plan is to create a one click installer for Linux distributions via Windows.

Which means, Grub into Windows, then the ISO, checking the SHA and so on.

Bypassing the USB Stick is here beneficial for a couple of reasons.

Since this is a super straight and simple use case, I strongly prefer to use a library and some features that the OS (.NET?) offers me. A full blown application like this project seems to be too much, especially considering the target audience group.

I guess secure boot and fast boot are issues here?

I simply like to get GRUB on a working Windows machine and boot a live OS from it.

[Drummer]

Hi Shalok,

Sure, I'll do anything I can to assist in your project.

Just let me know how you plan to approach this.

Do you plan to access Linux ext4 partitions from within Windows? (very difficult)

Secure boot will probably have some issues, although the new GNU Grub 2.04, when released, is rumored to have some new features regarding secure boot.

Please let me know.

Thanks,

Dave

[Ed P]

a one click installer for Linux distributions via Windows

Why install the ISOs? ISOs can be run live via Grub2Win. You can use the isoloop function or write your own menu.

And yes, at this point Secure Boot must be disabled. Although there is this: https://sourceforge.net/p/grub2win/discussion/general/thread/c6b802ee/

[Ed P]

Thought this article might interest you Shalok.

https://www.howtogeek.com/196933/how-to-boot-linux-iso-images-directly-from-your-hard-drive/