Booting ISO from Grub2 without Loopback support

I am trying to boot an archlinux install ISO from grub2 menu, but I have no loopback support. I am not sure how I got to this point, but I installed Ubuntu first (just to test out the system and make sure that UEFI works fine. Then I booted the ISO file just fine, (I used grub-config to modify the bootup). During the install, I used cgdisk to redo my partition tables. After that, cgdisk said something about the partitions not taking effect until I rebooted... after reboot, I now get the grub console and nothing else. UEFI bios will not allow booting USB, so the only way I can do this is via this grub console.
The only things I did were; create a new partition at the end of the drive to store my ISO file and mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2... The UEFI partition is still intact from ubuntu (i did not format that one).
I tried following this guide, http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=rescueboot ,but it wasn't successful.
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,4)'
linux /arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz boot=live findiso=/archlinux-2014.01.05-dual.iso toram
initrd /arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
When I try to set the linux variables, i get an error that says /arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz cant be found.
I tried putting a livecd onto a usb drive, but when I get all of the parameters set and type boot, it just reboots the machine and goes right back to the grub console.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I really don't understand why you would go find some random guide and not check our wiki.

Similar Messages

Boot 2011.08.19 installation media from grub2 via loopback

I have been trying to get the new installation media to boot from grub2 using loopback. The kernel and ramdisk load fine but it fails when it gets to the loopback mounting hook. I receive the following error message:
::Setup a loop device from iso/archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso located at device /dev/disk/by-label/MULTIBOOT
losetup: /dev/loop0: No suck file or directory
It then tries booting of of a CD, fails, and throws me to the minimal shell.
Has anyone gotten loopback booting of the install media working?
My grub2 entries are:
set drive_label=MULTIBOOT
menuentry "ArchLinux 2011.08.19 i686" {
set isofile="iso/archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso"
loopback loop /$isofile
echo 'loading kernel...'
linux (loop)/arch/boot/i686/vmlinuz lang=en locale=en_US.UTF-8 ramdisk_size=75% img_dev=/dev/disk/by-label/$drive_label img_loop=$isofile
echo 'loading ramdisk...'
initrd (loop)/arch/boot/i686/archiso.img
menuentry "ArchLinux 2011.08.19 x86_64" {
set isofile="iso/archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso"
loopback loop /$isofile
echo 'loading kernel...'
linux (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz lang=en locale=en_US.UTF-8 ramdisk_size=75% img_dev=/dev/disk/by-label/$drive_label img_loop=$isofile
echo 'loading ramdisk...'
initrd (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
Last edited by billyburly (2011-08-27 19:48:24)

You are welcome.
Oh, but in your case you also need to remaster iso. (I was think when I test these things directly with qemu, passing arguments -kernel/-initrd/-append )
mkdir -p /tmp/archlinux/{mnt,iso}
mount /path/to/your/archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso /tmp/archlinux/mnt
cp -a /tmp/archlinux/mnt/* /tmp/archlinux/iso
umount /tmp/archlinux/mnt
Now repack initramfs in /tmp/archlinux/iso/arch/boot/{i686,x86_64}/archiso.img
cd /tmp/archlinux/iso/arch
find -type f ! -name checksum.md5 -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum > checksum.md5
mkisofs -r -l \
-b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \
-uid 0 -gid 0 \
-udf -allow-limited-size -iso-level 3 \
-input-charset utf-8 -p "prepared by mkarchiso" \
-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
-publisher "Arch Linux <http://www.archlinux.org>" \
-A "Arch Linux Live/Rescue CD" \
-V "ARCH_201108" \
-o "/tmp/archlinux/archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso" "/tmp/archlinux/iso"
isohybrid "/tmp/archlinux/archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso"
cd /tmp
rm -r /tmp/archlinux/iso
Good Luck.
Last edited by djgera (2011-08-27 23:02:20)

Boot arch netinstall iso from grub2

http://www.panticz.de/MultiBootUSB
I found this blog post and I successfully did it with linux mint but I couldn't do it with arch. what are the correct grub2 commands?
I tried with:
set root=(hd0,1)
loopback loop /arch.iso
linux (loop)/boot/vmlinuz26 iso-scan/filename=/arch.iso
initrd (loop)/boot/System.map26
I have no idea what System.map26 is and grub2 didn't choke when I offered it to him so I tried it. I couldn't find the normal initrd file.
Moreover, I know that there should be some boot=something parameter to the kernel in order for it to work but I couldn't guess the right one and I found no documentation about it.
If someone did it, I would appreciate your help
Thanks.

This is what I have:
menuentry "ArchLinux 2009-08 Core 64bit" {
set root=(hd0,1)
loopback loop /boot/iso/archlinux-2009.08-core-x86_64.iso
linux (loop)/boot/vmlinux26 iso-scan/filename=/boot/iso/archlinux-2009.08-core-x86_64.iso quiet
Get I get a "File not found" error.
*Edit*
I found /boot/grub/menu.lst (inside the iso) and found this:
title Boot Arch Linux Live CD
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 lang=en locale=en_US.UTF-8 archisolabel=ARCHISO_KE1AECIE ramdisk_size=75%
initrd /boot/archiso_pata.img
There's the path for the initrd
*Edit #2*
"You need to load the kernel first." Well duh. You're supposed to do that grub.
Last edited by jordanwb (2009-11-10 19:37:19)

Booting from USB without mobo support

I've installed Arch on a usb drive but my ancient hardware doesn't appear to support booting from usb devices. Is there a way to make this work? I have Debian on an internal drive. Is there some way to leverage Debian to boot Arch?

Statix wrote:
I would think with debian installed on your internal drive you should just be able to set up grub to boot your usb just as if it were an internal drive.
Just make an entry for Arch in grub's /boot/grub/menu.lst and use (hd1,0) as your root. (This is assuming you only have one hd in your computer. Adjust appropriately for the drive number of your usb drive.)
Thanks for the reply.:)
I'm getting grub error 21 "Disk does not exist":
Here is my entry in Debian's menu.lst:
title Arch Linux
root (hd2,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/94e91a91-9cc2-401b-af27-09c24ff8037d ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
savedefault
boot
I also tried (hd1,0) and I get the same error.

Boot ISO from USB-stick!

Hi,
I have found a very nice utility that allows you to put an ISO on an USB-stick and boot from it like it's a real CD/DVD player:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/unetbootin/

This program is great and actually just saved a brand spankin new MSI GX660 from certain death, I had it packed and ready to ship back to newegg hours after I got it because recovery would not work. But a fresh win 7 iso image and a 4gig flash drive and unetbootin saved my laptop and weeks of certain stress.
All I wanted was my GX660 to run out of the box and unetbootin assisted in the processs immensely!

Boot arch from iso and grub2

Hello,
I'm trying configure grub2 for boot iso image of arch but don't work:
My grub.cfg entry is:
menuentry "ArchLinux ISO" {
loopback loop (hd0,3)/iso/arch.iso
linux (loop)/boot/vmlinuz26 findiso=/iso/arch.iso lang=en locale=en_US.UTF-8 archisolabel=ARCHISO_KE1AECIE ramdisk_size=75%
initrd (loop)/boot/archiso_pata.img
boot
Arch start correctly boot fail and hope 30 seconds for image of /dev/archiso, I think.
Is the above entry correct?.
Regards.

I wouldn't really call it a bug. It is more like an enhancement that Arch Linux does not currently have, AFAIK.
example:
menuentry "Arch Linux 2009.08 netinstall 64bit" {
loopback loop /boot/iso/archlinux-2009.08-netinstall-x86_64.iso
linux (loop)/boot/vmlinuz26 lang=en locale=en_US.UTF-8 archisolabel=ARCHISO_OHD8FOH5 ramdisk_size=75%
initrd (loop)/boot/archiso_pata.img
What happens with the grub2 is as follows:
loopback loop /boot/iso/archlinux-2009.08-netinstall-x86_64.iso
1) mount the iso image as a loopback
linux (loop)/boot/vmlinuz26 lang=en locale=en_US.UTF-8 archisolabel=ARCHISO_OHD8FOH5 ramdisk_size=75%
2) load the kernel from the iso image (and pass command line options)
initrd (loop)/boot/archiso_pata.img
3) load the initd from the iso image
The problem comes after this.
Once the kernel and the initd are loaded grub2 leaves the picture, as well as the loopback iso image.
The loaded kernel starts the boot process and looks for the files/filesystem it expects to be there.
But it can't find it because the iso loopback device is gone (or as far as it knows, never was there to begin with).
To get around this problem many distros include kernel command line options such as:
iso-scan/filename, findiso, and isofrom
These command line options are pretty much scripts to find and mount the iso image and use it as the root partition. Much like what we did with grub2.
I don't know if the command line options are part of the initd or the kernel itself, but either way I would like to see it as part of Arch Linux default iso.
If I knew how to modify the initd I would make a patch for it or the iso as a whole, but my knowledge doesn't go that far

When I begin to attempt to download the windows support software in boot camp, it says the windows support software is unavailable. Is there any other place I can download it for a Macbook Pro 5,5 intel core 2 duo without the original CD?

When I begin to attempt to download the windows support software in boot camp, it says the windows support software is unavailable. Is there any other place I can download it for a Macbook Pro 5,5 intel core 2 duo with snow leopard without the original CD?

Hi,
apart from the MacBook Air this feature is of no use for other Macs right now.
Simply ingnore it (click "I already have the Drivers...) and continue with the installation.
Sorry to say but you need the OSX Install DVD for the BootCamp Driver installation.
The 3.0 version of the BootCamp Drivers is only avaiable on the disc.
Later updates (3.1 and 3.2) can be downloaded from Apples Support website.
Call Apple and ask for a replacement and they usually send you one for a small fee.
And have the Serial-Number of your Mac at hand when calling.
And since the OSX Install DVD can also be vital for maintenance and repair it is best to have one.
The needed BootCamp Drivers are on the OSX Install DVD 1 that came with your Mac.
Insert that disc while in Windows after the Windows installation to install the drivers.
Regards
Stefan

Booting from iso from usb drive

I want to boot arch from iso from my thumb drive. Based on the wiki article on Grub, I've put this entry to my grub.cfg:
menuentry "Arch Linux x86_64" --class iso {
set isofile="/iso/archlinux-2014.05.01-dual.iso"
loopback loop $isofile
linux (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz archisolabel=ARCH_201405 img_dev=/dev/disk/by-label/IKAROS img_loop=$isofile earlymodules=loop
initrd (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
Grub seems to load the kernel fine, but the kernel then fails to mount the drive with the following message:
:: Setup a loop device from /iso/archlinux-2014.05.01-dual.iso located at device /dev/disk/by-label/IKAROS
:: Mounting '/dev/disk/by-label/IKAROS' to '/run/archiso/img_dev'
[ 9.556128] FAT-fs (sdb1): IO charset iso8859-1 not found
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so.
ERROR: Failed to mount '/dev/disk/by-label/IKAROS'
Falling back to interactive prompt
You can try to fix the problem manually, log out when you are finished
sh: can't acces tty: job control turned off
[rootfs /]#
I know I could dd the iso on the usb stick and probably avoid this, but I like my setup with several isos in a directory and appropriate grub entries. Does anybody know how to fix this?
Last edited by Remedan (2014-05-02 19:23:41)

elken wrote:I made it sometime last year and it has a load of ISOs on it but yes Arch was one of them. It was MultiCD sorry, not yumi. Like I said, it was a year ago. MultiCD was a piece of cake.
Well, with MultiCD I can create an image which can boot multiple isos and write it on the drive. The thing is, I want to be able to use the drive as a storage device also. So I'd like something that would allow me to have a FAT partition on the drive and boot from that.
But the core of my trouble is that the live arch doesn't seem to be able to handle the FAT partition.

Booting Arch-ISO from USB-Stick in UEFI mode fails

Hi there,
I'm running an Asrock H77M-ITX UEFI mobo. On this system I've already installed Arch on a Samsung 830 SSD (GPT formatted) - but in BIOS legacy mode because I've written the Arch-ISO image with "dd" to an USB-Stick (and UEFI boot mode wasn't even presented at boot).
Out of curiosity I've re-formatted the stick and copied Arch-ISO following https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Un … B_from_ISO.
Now I could start the ISO in UEFI mode, but it failed to start gummiboot with the "No loader found. Configuration files in \loader\entries\*.conf are needed." error message, concerning a problem with gummiboot.
Following some advice on the forum, I did this:
- install refind-efi 0.4.7-2
- copy /usr/lib/refind/refindx64.efi to [USB]/EFI/boot and renaming it to bootx64.efi (i.e. replacing the original bootx64.efi from gummiboot)
- Create a new file in the same directory ([USB]/EFI/boot/) called refind.conf
- Add this to it:
textonly
scanfor manual
menuentry Arch {
loader /arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz
initrd /arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
options "gpt loglevel=7 add_efi_memmap none=UEFI_ARCH_x86_64"
With this I can launch Arch-ISO from the USB-Stick in UEFI mode and I can choose Arch from rEFIND. Then Arch-ISO starts booting but it always stops at the same point with this message:
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
ERROR: '/dev/disk/by-label/' device did not show up after 30 seconds ...
Falling back to interactive prompt
You can try to fix the problem manually, log out when you are finished
sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
[rootfs /]#
sdb is the USB-Stick from which I start Arch-ISO. Again - I didn't use dd to write the ISO to the stick.
Maybe this is pretty easy to solve, but I have to admit that I'm somewhat stuck
Last edited by swordfish (2012-11-19 21:31:43)

WonderWoofy wrote:See what the difference is between archiso and archboot maybe? Seriously, have you made any effort whatsoever?
Of course. Read:
The "Main Page" ( https://www.archlinux.org/ ) states:
"You've reached the website for Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple."
"Keep It Simple". Yeah!
In line with that, the "The Arch Way" page ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/The_Arch_Way ) states:
"The following five core principles comprise what is commonly referred to as the Arch Way, or the Arch Philosophy, perhaps best summarized by the acronym KISS for Keep It Simple, Stupid."
The ArchWiki ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/ ) links to several other pages, such as these:
The "Forum Etiquette" page ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Forum_Etiquette ) states under "Ineffective Discussion":
"Arch is a Do It Yourself community" and "treat others as you would be treated; respect them and their views". I am very much a "do it yourself" person -- that's why I like The Arch Way. I also go by the Golden Rule stated here.
Now, everyone is a newbie at some time. I and other posters here are obviously newbies with respect to ArchLinux. Even experts were newbies at one time. Newbies, by definition, do not necessarily know what they're doing, or where to find information. Hence, Arch's "Beginners' Guide" and such. Hence, posts on this board from newbies asking for help.
As regards initial installation of ArchLinux, and consistent with the above, the FAQ ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FAQ ), under "Q) Arch needs an installer. Maybe a GUI installer", states:
"A) Since installation doesn't occur often (read the rest of this article to know more about what rolling release means), it is not a high priority for developers or users. The Installation Guide and Beginners' Guide have been fully updated to use the command-line method. If you're still interested in using an installer, consider using Archboot."
So the basic installation instructions explicitly state that Archboot is not needed.
The "Installation Guide" ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_Guide ) says nothing about either Archboot or Archiso.
The "Beginners Guide" ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide ) says nothing about either Archboot or Archiso.
The "Archboot" page ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archboot ) is consistent with the above information, because it states:
"Archboot is a set of scripts to generate bootable media for CD/USB/PXE.
It is designed for installation or rescue operation."
The "Archiso" page ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso ) states:
"Archiso is a small set of bash scripts that is capable of building fully functional Arch Linux based live CD and USB images. It is a very generic tool, so it could potentially be used to generate anything from rescue systems, install disks, to special interest live CD/DVD/USB systems, and who knows what else."
So the pages describing both Archboot and Archiso clearly state that these tools are oriented towards already-existing installations -- even though it seems that they might be used, in certain circumstances, for initial installations.
I happen to be very new at playing around with installing Linux distros (although I've used Unix/Linux as a regular user for more than 30 years), and am brand new with respect to ArchLinux. I only began playing with it this past Saturday. So I would expect a bit of useful help as opposed to "RTFM!" I will soon get past the need to RTFM for basic tasks, but I have a way to go.
The fact is that for me and a number of other new ArchLinux users, the installation guides simply do not work. C.f. my post https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=153170 . I've done a lot of googling as well as searching the archives on this board, and others have come up against the same show-stopping installation problems that I have. I and others have posted to several recent threads on this board, trying to get past the problems, so far with no success.
Now, the.ridikulus.rat had written:
"You guys are using Archboot's kernel options for Archiso. Thats the issue in both the cases."
Given that neither of these sets of scripts were used by me or swordfish, this comment is not useful.
Given the above, can you or anyone else tell us what Archiso or Archboot might do to help us with our installation problems? Also, can you tell us how we, as newbies, ought to have found out how these might help?
Alan

How to boot a desktop-PC into RT directly from harddisk (without floppy disk)

Hello,
we are using a normal desktop-PC as LabVIEW real-time target (ETS).
Unfortunately, we always have to use the floppy boot disk (created with MAX) in order to boot this RT-system.
Once we had a National Instruments PXI real-time system and there was no need for that boot disk to start the system.
So, why do we have to boot the desktop-PC from a floppy disk instead of booting directly from harddisk?
Or is there a possibility to boot the desktop system without floppy disk, just like the PXI-system?
Tom S.

Hi Daniel,
thank you for your reply.
I just checked again if I can boot the RT-system without the floppy disk, from harddisk only - but that doesn't work ("DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK...").
Of course, the boot order in BIOS is set up appropriately to allow booting from harddisk.
And also, the complete software package was already installed on harddisk via MAX through the previously configured network connection.
Actually, it seems there is no boot loader installed on harddisk at RT-systems for desktop-PC's.
The boot loader has to be launched from the floppy boot disk and afterwards, the further boot program is loaded from hard disk.
Is there anyone who can boot a desktop-PC into RT without the floppy disk? And what do I have to set up in order to make it work for our system?
Thanks,
Tom S.

Boot Windows from VHD

Hey.
I have to work with Windows Server 2012 for a university project but my laptop doesn't have Intel VT-x. I know that it's possible to boot Windows from a VHD file, in Windows I just need to add the file.vhd to MBR.
Can I boot a VHD file with Windows on it from syslinux? If yes how I install Windows on the file using Linux?
Thanks in advance,
Hugo Rodrigues.

GloW_on_dub wrote:Not sure to understand, why not use virtualbox ?
Because my laptop doesn't support Intel VT-x and Windows Server 2012 it's only available in x86_64 and I only can virtualize x86 systems
ayekat wrote:
It's very unlikely that you can simply boot directly from a VHD file without some sort of hypervisor (since there is a non-negligible amount of virtualisation going on here).
According to this, you are not really "adding the file to the MBR", but rather adding an entry to the Windows-bootloader to take the file into account. I suppose that behind the scenes it's loading some kind of Microsoft Virtual blabla to launch the system that's on the VHD.
This was just to clarify; I cannot tell you whether it is possible from syslinux or GRUB, but it will probably invole a lot of hacking, since you need to load some hypervisor like VirtualBox, VMWare or at least qemu/KVM.
I know it's possible to do it with a VHD with a Linux OS. Look up in here
ayekat wrote:The fact that your hardware does not support hardware virtualisation (Intel VT-x), is annoying...
Yeah it kinda sucks
Last edited by Hugao (2014-05-07 14:53:44)

I have hidden unwanted books from the purchased area of the iBooks store, but they're are still appearing on the front page of iOS as cloud downloads, is there a way to remove these from iBooks without using the hide iCloud books button?

I have hidden unwanted books from the purchased area of the iBooks store, but they're are still appearing on the front page of iOS as cloud downloads, is there a way to remove these from iBooks without using the hide iCloud books button?
Let me explain a little more. I had downloaded a lot of free books in the past as a trial when iBooks was first released and since then I have decided I no longer want them, because of this I hid them from the purchased section of the iBooks store. The 5 books left are ones I decided to keep as seen in the following picture.
This is how it appears in iBooks on my mac. There are 4 books downloaded and 1 book that I have decided not to download at this time. I would still like to keep this book available in the cloud incase I want to download it again in the future. You’ll notice that hide iCloud books is not selected, if I wanted to hide the book that I have chosen to keep in the cloud, but have not downloaded yet I could.
This is exactly how I think this feature should work. If you have hidden a book from your purchases it should not show up in the mac Ibooks app. (I am aware you can never actually delete a purchase, just hide them and that hidden purchases can be restored to your account from within the account management section of the iBooks store).
The iOS app is working differently for me. Here is a picture of the purchased tab on the iBooks store in iOS Ibooks. Again notice that pictures of Lilly is still yet to be downloaded. This is how I expected it to look.
If we visit the front page of iOS iBooks the view is very different from what I expected. Here we can see the 4 books I wanted to keep on my device and have downloaded. We can also see the 1 book I wanted to keep, but did not want to store locally on the device and left in iCloud (Pictures of Lilly). However we can also see all the books I had hidden from the purchased section of my iTunes account and which I believe should no-longer be visible, Dracula, frankenstein etc…
I am aware of the hide iCloud books button within the iOS app, but I did not need to use this to hide the books I had removed from the my purchased section of the iBooks store on the mac, why are they still appearing in iOS?
I’m still not sure if this is a software glitch or not. This article suggests to me that books can be hidden, but I had already completed these steps.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201322
A browse of google also suggests people may have been able to hide past purchases from the front page of iBooks on iOS in the past.
In case there was an issue with syncing I tried logging in and out of my iTunes account via settings in iOS. Force closing the app, disabling automatic downloads and removing my device from iTunes in the cloud. Syncing with iTunes on the mac did not correct the issue either.
Interestingly I have the same issue on my iPhone 6 running iOS 8.3 as I do on my iPad mini suggesting that this might be an issue either with my account or with iOS iBooks software in general.
If there is a way to remove the already hidden iBooks in your account from the front page of iBooks on iOS without using the hide iCloud downloads button? Please help community!

My apologies for the lack of photos, here is my post again with photos.
I have hidden unwanted books from the purchased area of the iBooks store, but they're are still appearing on the front page of iOS as cloud downloads, is there a way to remove these from iBooks without using the hide iCloud books button?
Let me explain a little more. I had downloaded a lot of free books in the past as a trial when iBooks was first released and since then I have decided I no longer want them, because of this I hid them from the purchased section of the iBooks store. The 5 books left are ones I decided to keep as seen in the following picture.
This is how it appears in iBooks on my mac. There are 4 books downloaded and 1 book that I have decided not to download at this time. I would still like to keep this book available in the cloud incase I want to download it again in the future. You’ll notice that hide iCloud books is not selected, if I wanted to hide the book that I have chosen to keep in the cloud, but have not downloaded yet I could.
This is exactly how I think this feature should work. If you have hidden a book from your purchases it should not show up in the mac Ibooks app. (I am aware you can never actually delete a purchase, just hide them and that hidden purchases can be restored to your account from within the account management section of the iBooks store).
The iOS app is working differently for me. Here is a picture of the purchased tab on the iBooks store in iOS Ibooks. Again notice that pictures of Lilly is still yet to be downloaded. This is how I expected it to look.
If we visit the front page of iOS iBooks the view is very different from what I expected. Here we can see the 4 books I wanted to keep on my device and have downloaded. We can also see the 1 book I wanted to keep, but did not want to store locally on the device and left in iCloud (Pictures of Lilly). However we can also see all the books I had hidden from the purchased section of my iTunes account and which I believe should no-longer be visible, Dracula, frankenstein etc…
I am aware of the hide iCloud books button within the iOS app, but I did not need to use this to hide the books I had removed from the my purchased section of the iBooks store on the mac, why are they still appearing in iOS?
I’m still not sure if this is a software glitch or not. This article suggests to me that books can be hidden, but I had already completed these steps.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201322
A browse of google also suggests people may have been able to hide past purchases from the front page of iBooks on iOS in the past.
In case there was an issue with syncing I tried logging in and out of my iTunes account via settings in iOS. Force closing the app, disabling automatic downloads and removing my device from iTunes in the cloud. Syncing with iTunes on the mac did not correct the issue either.
Interestingly I have the same issue on my iPhone 6 running iOS 8.3 as I do on my iPad mini suggesting that this might be an issue either with my account or with iOS iBooks software in general.
If there is a way to remove the already hidden iBooks in your account from the front page of iBooks on iOS without using the hide iCloud downloads button? Please help community!
iPhone 6, iOS 8.3, Also an issue on my iPad mini iOS 8

Removing songs from itunes without removing them from ipod

Is it possible to remove songs from iTunes without removing them from iPod? When I attempt to delete songs from iTunes I get a warning that they'll be deleted from iPod as well. I've got Manually manage music and videos checked under Options in the Summary window.

You can delete songs from your iTunes/computer hard drive after transferring them to the iPod, and for this you need to set your iPod to manage the iPod content manually.
However, this is an extremely risky option because when (and not if) there comes a time to restore your iPod, which is a very common fix for iPod problems, then all the music would be erased. If you no longer have the music in iTunes (or any other back up), then all that music would be lost.
What if the iPod were lost/stolen/needed repair? Again, the music would lost. I strongly recommend a back up, and if computer hard drive space is in short supply, you should seriously consider an external hard drive. They are not expensive, and the cost is well worth it when compared to the loss of all your precious music.
At the very least back up your music to either cd or dvd before deleting it, particularly any purchased music/videos, as this would have to be bought again if it were lost. See these about backing up media.
How to back up your media in iTunes.
Buegie's complete back up strategy.
To move music from iPod to computer, check out the instructions/suggestions here.
Music from iPod to computer (using option 2). This a manual method using "hidden folders" and although it works, it can be messy.
Much easier ways are to use one of the many 3rd party programs that copy music from the iPod to the computer.
One of the most recommended is Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music and playlists etc from iPod back to the computer. However, it does not transfer playcounts/ratings etc.
Another free program is Pod Player.
There is also CopyPod. This does preserve ratings/playcounts etc if those are important to you but this program is not free. It also supports video transfer.
If you are using iTunes version 7 or later, then you can transfer purchased iTunes store music from the iPod to an authorized computer by using the "file/transfer purchases from iPod" menu. Note that the maximum of 5 authorized computers applies here.

How do i delete a song from iCloud without having to subscribe to it?

How do I delete a song from icloud without having to subscribe to it? I've deleted the song from my iphone and my computer, but it is still in icloud, but I can not delete it. It keeps on wanting me to subscribe to icloud. Which it is not fair or right for me to have to pay to delete something. Would anyone please help me? I am using windows 7 home premium 64bit Operating system. The song is stil showing on my iphone, but i need to delete it from icloud for it to not show on my iphone.

Hi,
If the song has been purchased from itunes store, you cannot delete the song from the cloud but you can hide it. - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4919.
You do not need to subscribe itunes match which is a different product from itunes in the Cloud.
Jim

I can't burn a disc from Itunes without getting error 4280 repeatedly.

I can't burn a disc from Itunes without getting error 4280 repeatedly. I was just able to burn a CD and now can't burn another. Any thoughts? I know my CD burner works as I just made a disc. I have tried changing file type from Audio to MP3 with no luck. Thanks for trying to help me.

Hello Sonni,
It sounds like you are unable to burn a disc with iTunes due to this error code. I would first use the following article to check issues with the type of disc drive:
Burning disc in iTunes for Windows using a Sony CD-RW/DVD CRX830E model drive fails with 4280 error
http://support.apple.com/kb/ta38101
If this is not the case, use the following article to help troubleshoot the issue:
iTunes for Windows: Additional troubleshooting tips for burning issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1374
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling

Booting ISO from Grub2 without Loopback support

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for