grub: how to boot into ISO partition

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I have copied an ISO file into a partition (i.e. dd if=isofile of=/dev/sdb1). How can I boot into that partition via GRUB? When I try just with chainloader (hd1,0)+1, it says unknown executable format.

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Fix for: grub: how to boot into ISO partition

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See my answer on your boot-from-ISO-files question. Using that as a starting point, I ran some tests with an old hard-drive. I've previously configured Grub2 to boot a multi-ISO flash drive, so what I did was: Create a couple of partitions on an old…

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