Recent tests directly booting KL ISO files
This is merely a report of my KL findings in bare-metal booting of the KL family of bistros via its ISO file.
I use 2 of the 3 ISO file booters used and reported on the forum.
There are 2 USB's involved and 1 CD that boots SG2D to find and list ISOs.
Ventoy Scenario - Using Modern Ventoy versions since Jan 2023
Environment
Intel based PC circa
Ventoy USB has a BOOTISOS (actual name) folder that contains ALL ISO files on the USB.
BOOTISOS folder contains
Various KL ISO files
SG2D ISO file
Case set 1 - Ventoy only
Results when booting the Ventoy USB. Select a KL and then
Ventoy will ask if you want to boot "Normal" or via "GRUB2" or etc
Selecting "Normal" will NOT lead to successful boot on my environment
Selecting "GRUB2" leads to a successful.
Case set 2 - Ventoy and SG2D
Results when booting the Ventoy USB. Select a SG2D and then
When you get to the screen listing the ISO files, notice that the ISO files are listed twice: existing in "bootisos" and in "BOOTISOS" on the same disk.
Selecting a KL from the "bootisos" listing does NOT result in successful boots
Selecting a KL from the "BOOTISOS" listing does result in successful boots
SG2D Scenario
Environment
Intel based PC circa
SG2D USB has a BOOTISOS (actual name) folder that contains ALL ISO files on the USB.
BOOTISOS folder contains
Various KL ISO files
Case set 3 - Super GRUB2 disk (SG2D) only
Results when booting the SG2D USB. Allow it to advance to the screen listing your ISO files and then
Notice that the ISO files are listed twice: existing in "bootisos" and in "BOOTISOS" on the same disk.
Selecting a KL from the "bootisos" listing does NOT result in successful boots
Selecting a KL from the "BOOTISOS" listing does result in successful boots
This report is specific to KL distros. Todays tests used the most current versions of
KLV and KLA.
This findings might be helpful to some who boot their forum distros via the distro's ISO files.