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Find win7 partition; explain if can't find configfile; instructions #204
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Put the option to boot a supported ISO/kernel file in a submenu.
For each available ISO file, show a menu entry to boot it using MEMDISK.
For each available ISO file, mount it and look for some common boot files (e.g. GRUB, SYSLINUX, etc.) and show menu entries for each one of those. This can be used to test unsupported ISO files.
Look for partitions in the current USB drive that have either some common boot files (e.g. GRUB, SYSLINUX, etc.) or an EFI binary. This can be used to boot a Windows installation CD by creating a partition and dumping the contents of the CD into it.
If someone uses "Auto-detect ISO's configfiles" or "Auto-detect bootable partitions" and it doesn't find anything it just blinks and is confusing, so this shows a message and waits 5 seconds. This also searches for `/efi/microsoft/boot/bootdmgfw.efi` which should be the efi boot file for a windows 7 installer.
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If someone uses "Auto-detect ISO's configfiles" or "Auto-detect bootable
partitions" and it doesn't find anything it just blinks and is
confusing, so this shows a message and waits 5 seconds.
This also searches for
/efi/microsoft/boot/bootdmgfw.efiwhich shouldbe the efi boot file for a windows 7 installer.
The other half of this pull request is a starting point for instructions to put a win7 installer in in UEFI mode.
All the documentation seems to be in the website, so instructions are here:
-b -e.Non-hybrid efi mode should work as well.
bootmgfw.efifromC:\Windows\Boot\EFI\bootmgfw.efion a running win7 system, or extract it out of<iso mount point>/sources/install.wimThe
OVMF.fdlocation used below is for debian stretch, may be platform dependant.