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So you can only really have knoppix and one other Linux distro? The person who created knoppix was able to put the distro in its own folder. We should be able to do the same.

No, I haven't got it working

You can call the isolinux module. You just use: isolinux <isolinux commands>

If this works well with just isolinux, why doesn't it work with the isolinux in cdshell?

I was able to use the alternate install disk and get into an installer, but it fails at some point. I can't remember the error exactly, but it has to do with the incorrect CD being in the drive. Either it doesn't like the md5sum or it can't find the files.

I'll ask in the freenode ubuntu and kubuntu channels.

http://www.sadyc.net/anyCDintoUBCD.html This looks promising. [Edit] Nevermind... it requires putting the entire Linux disk in the root of the DVD Putting all the files onto the root of the DVD works, but it's not ideal if you want more than one Linux distro. I wonder if you can burn the CD in such a way that a folder will act like root...

I tried this with Kubuntu, and apparently it has a problem mounting the filesystem on the ram drive. It also has a preseed step that your distributions did not have.

Is this method compatible with cdshell with isolinux?

Knoppix should be the same as Ubuntu. They both use ISO linux. What are the steps to get Knoppix to work in its own folder?

There is a good thread with a batch file that will create the boot folder, setupdlr.bin, and configure the other files for you. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=58446

I nlited my images. Be sure that you follow the directions closely. For Windows 2k3, the procedure is different, because the setupdlr.bin has checksums. Look in the stickied thread for info about that. For the nlited OSs, be sure to make the boot folders after you nlited them.

Well, the only solution I could find was to put everything from the CD into the root directory of my AIO DVD. Then I had to use bcdw boot /isolinux/isolinux.bin in order to start Linux. The problem with this, though, is that I can only have one distro on the CD through this method.

Thanks ^_^

I understand what you are saying. I'm not trying to be rude, because I do appreciate your help. What you described is not what I am trying to accomplish.

No, this is for a multiboot installation DVD, so that I can have windows and linux on one installation disk, choosing which I want installed through a menu. It seems like diskemu Kubuntu.iso could also do the trick here. I'm going to test another version of Kubuntu, though, just to be sure this isn't a problem with this version. I get the same problem.

I think I figured it out. I'll post my findings on this soon. Sorry for the double post. I should have posted it in the first one. I tried using isolinux for this, but I cannot load into Linux. I am using the following: LABEL live menu label ^Start or install Kubuntu kernel /kubuntu/casper/vmlinuz append file=/cdrom/kubuntu/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/kubuntu/casper/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=1048576 root=/dev/ram rw quiet splash -- This is in isolinux.cfg in the boot/isolinux/ folder. I got this information from isolinux in the kubuntu isolinux folder, and modified it to reflect the new file locations. Is there something wrong with this approach?

I got Windows XP X64 to work, but I get an error about not finding the EULA. I followed the directions in the sticky out this, and only used the i386 folder. If I need two boot folders, how to I set them up? Thanks

Is there a possibility of using cd shell to pass on a command to GRUB that would boot, for example, Kubuntu? I don't want a separate GRUB menu popping up, but I just want the command to be passed through GRUB so it will boot Kubuntu from my main menu. I don't know how to go about 1) booting the live CD from GRUB, and 2) passing a command through GRUB. I'm going to try a few things. A few people would like this, so let's use this thread to come up with all ideas of booting Linux from a multi-boot disk. Thanks

I'm not really understanding this. setupldr.bin is not in the output from txtsetup.sif, along with a few other files. What is different in the process of using this in a multiboot DVD? Do I use two boot folders? I tried that and it didn't work. =( Edit: Nevermind... I didn't realize there were more pages in this thread. The ad is in the way

Has anyone gotten this to work with XP x64? I looked at the post about it, but it is quite vague.