Install and boot options [Solved]

[Tarq]

Can you help me on how to access GRUB settings through the Grub2win program?

[fehlix]

Can you help me on how to access GRUB settings through the Grub2win program?

The simplest would be this:
* Locate the grub.cfg file (which is a text file), and post the content of the file.
the directory might be something like c:\grub (or similar) where you look for the file.

* Next, post the file name of the MX linux iso file
and the full path where the iso-file is located.

With this information provided we may be able to proceed.

[Tarq]

--grubwork--cfg.txt

Can you help me on how to access GRUB settings through the Grub2win program?

The simplest would be this:
* Locate the grub.cfg file (which is a text file), and post the content of the file.
the directory might be something like c:\grub (or similar) where you look for the file.

* Next, post the file name of the MX linux iso file
and the full path where the iso-file is located.

With this information provided we may be able to proceed.

Until we provide you with what you want, look at the attachment. It contains commands, but I am thinking why I have to direct the program to all the important files to start booting and operating, and what is the point then of attaching an ISO file to the program, if that is the case? I think I am stuck on a screen stating that the grub2win program is unable to see the file. The image of the initial system, not access to the kernel, etc. I am trying to understand what is happening theoretically so that it will be easier for me in practice
Note: I am working on setting up two devices simultaneously, one of them via easybcd and grub2win, due to the inability to open the program interface, and I preferred that.

[fehlix]

--grubwork--cfg.txt

Can you help me on how to access GRUB settings through the Grub2win program?

The simplest would be this:
* Locate the grub.cfg file (which is a text file), and post the content of the file.
the directory might be something like c:\grub (or similar) where you look for the file.

* Next, post the file name of the MX linux iso file
and the full path where the iso-file is located.

With this information provided we may be able to proceed.

Until we provide you with what you want, look at the attachment. It contains commands, but I am thinking why I have to direct the program to all the important files to start booting and operating, and what is the point then of attaching an ISO file to the program, if that is the case? I think I am stuck on a screen stating that the grub2win program is unable to see the file. The image of the initial system, not access to the kernel, etc. I am trying to understand what is happening theoretically so that it will be easier for me in practice
Note: I am working on setting up two devices simultaneously, one of them via easybcd and grub2win, due to the inability to open the program interface, and I preferred that.

Good, they do provide a generic way to boot from the iso.
Best provide the information about the file path and name of the iso,
and perhaps the partiton label the iso-file is located on,
b/c to boot from the iso we need both the iso-file path and some means
the partition is located on, either by the label or the UUID.
Both are needed in order the initial-ramdisk of the booting iso, can bootstrap to
finally boot into the embedded linux system.

[Tarq]

Can you help me on how to access GRUB settings through the Grub2win program?

The simplest would be this:
* Locate the grub.cfg file (which is a text file), and post the content of the file.
the directory might be something like c:\grub (or similar) where you look for the file.

* Next, post the file name of the MX linux iso file
and the full path where the iso-file is located.

With this information provided we may be able to proceed.

linuxmint-21.3-xfce-64bit
D:\
D:\boot\grub
Storage unit serial number FE3EEDEA

[Tarq]

Can you help me on how to access GRUB settings through the Grub2win program?

The simplest would be this:
* Locate the grub.cfg file (which is a text file), and post the content of the file.
the directory might be something like c:\grub (or similar) where you look for the file.

* Next, post the file name of the MX linux iso file
and the full path where the iso-file is located.

With this information provided we may be able to proceed.

Note: The necessity of adjusting distances, etc., has not been ignored. It is just a theoretical understanding before application

[fehlix]

Can you help me on how to access GRUB settings through the Grub2win program?

The simplest would be this:
* Locate the grub.cfg file (which is a text file), and post the content of the file.
the directory might be something like c:\grub (or similar) where you look for the file.

* Next, post the file name of the MX linux iso file
and the full path where the iso-file is located.

With this information provided we may be able to proceed.

linuxmint-21.3-xfce-64bit
D:\
D:\boot\grub
Storage unit serial number FE3EEDEA

So you seem to try to boot somehow linux-mint.

And the grub.cfg you probably got from extracted linux-mint ISO.
It looks like you extracted the ISO at drive D:
Maybe it can be made that it work, but at least quite a bit is missing, b/c you haven't told grub2win what partition the iso is on.
And not sure they do support to boot from an extracted iso.
Suggest to try MX-Linux iso to boot which can be booted either from iso
and also from extracted iso.
Note: the file name of an iso normally also has an extension like .iso
and serial number FE3EEDEA may or not provide the UUID.
You may consider to give more details, otherwise I'm afraid, we can give only generic comments.

[Tarq]

The simplest would be this:
* Locate the grub.cfg file (which is a text file), and post the content of the file.
the directory might be something like c:\grub (or similar) where you look for the file.

* Next, post the file name of the MX linux iso file
and the full path where the iso-file is located.

With this information provided we may be able to proceed.

linuxmint-21.3-xfce-64bit
D:\
D:\boot\grub
Storage unit serial number FE3EEDEA

So you seem to try to boot somehow linux-mint.

And the grub.cfg you probably got from extracted linux-mint ISO.
It looks like you extracted the ISO at drive D:
Maybe it can be made that it work, but at least quite a bit is missing, b/c you haven't told grub2win what partition the iso is on.
And not sure they do support to boot from an extracted iso.
Suggest to try MX-Linux iso to boot which can be booted either from iso
and also from extracted iso.
Note: the file name of an iso normally also has an extension like .iso
and serial number FE3EEDEA may or not provide the UUID.
You may consider to give more details, otherwise I'm afraid, we can give only generic comments.

You have what you want, but Felix, I added the ISO file in a field where everything is supposed to be automatic, not manual

[fehlix]

linuxmint-21.3-xfce-64bit
D:\
D:\boot\grub
Storage unit serial number FE3EEDEA

So you seem to try to boot somehow linux-mint.

And the grub.cfg you probably got from extracted linux-mint ISO.
It looks like you extracted the ISO at drive D:
Maybe it can be made that it work, but at least quite a bit is missing, b/c you haven't told grub2win what partition the iso is on.
And not sure they do support to boot from an extracted iso.
Suggest to try MX-Linux iso to boot which can be booted either from iso
and also from extracted iso.
Note: the file name of an iso normally also has an extension like .iso
and serial number FE3EEDEA may or not provide the UUID.
You may consider to give more details, otherwise I'm afraid, we can give only generic comments.

You have what you want, but Felix, I added the ISO file in a field where everything is supposed to be automatic, not manual

I don't have currently grub2win installed, so you might get some support for GRUB2WIN on their support forum.
so I have no idea what this "a field where everything is supposed to be automatic" referring to.
The way it would probably work to boot MX Linux or antiX ISO from GRUB2WIN would
be a grub menu entry something like this:

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menuentry "ISO-Boot MX-Linux.iso" {
  iso_path=/iso/MX-snapshot.iso
  export iso_path
# change below if desired  
#  bootoptions="kbd=de kbvar=nodeadkeys kbopt=caps:none lang=de tz=Europe/Amsterdam" 

  insmod part_gpt
  insmod part_msdos
  insmod ext2
  insmod exfat
  insmod ntfs
  insmod probe
  insmod loopback
  # use this to search for the full iso_path
  search --no-floppy --file --set=root $iso_path
  probe -u $root --set=buuid
  loopback loop $iso_path
  linux  (loop)/antiX/vmlinuz buuid=${buuid} fromiso=${iso_path} quiet splasht nosplash ${bootoptions}
  initrd (loop)/antiX/initrd.gz
}

Never tried Linux mint iso to boot with GRUB2WIN, maybe the folks on the Linux Mint forum can give you hints to achieve this

[Tarq]

Sorry, it seems I lost focus on adding the targeted ISO file. I will see what can be done. A message that does not require a response