Re: how to launch these images?
Thanks!
Lisi
On Sunday 10 February 2013 19:28:26 Kind Soul wrote:
> On Sun 10 Feb 2013 at 10:18:59 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > Could some kind soul explain to me why Long Wind (Long Wind himself, or
> > someone else who understands) doesn't just install it and then sort GRUB
> > out?
>
> Could we do this in the context of a Debian ISO, the i386 one, say? The
> ISO contains a kernel and an initrd. The ISO also has a bootloader,
> which happens to be syslinux but it could easily be GRUB. The bootloader
> starts the kernel and the initrd, which contains the installer
> components.
>
> These are the three necessary components needed to start a succesful
> install of Debian. The components can be on any medium - a CD, a USB
> stick, a hard disk etc. They can even be divided between different
> media.
>
> If the kernel and initrd are extracted from the ISO and put on a hard
> disk the third essential component to start an installation, the
> bootloader, is probably already present. All that has to be done is to
> configure the existing GRUB to boot from vmlinuz and initrd.gz. The OS
> can then be installed.
>
> So it is not a matter of install and sort out GRUB but of persuading
> GRUB to boot a kernel and initrd so that the install can take place.
>
> This technique can be used with any Debian bootable ISO or one from
> another distribution, as Long Wind has attempted. The trick is often
> having to know what parameters, if any, need to be passed to the kernel
> and what purpose the initrd serves.
Reply to: