Re: Running Debian Installer without rebooting.
On Wed 22 Oct 2014 at 22:16:16 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 22 oct 14, 15:55:03, Brian wrote:
> >
> > This is a different method from using grub's loopback. However, it will
> > still fail at the 'Detect and mount CD-ROM' stage and for the same
> > reason: the netinst image does not contain loop.ko.
>
> It should work with the mini.iso (the netboot image), because it
> contains only the installer and will download everything else over the
> network (assuming it is available, of course).
>
> Would also make a nice boot "recovery" option ;)
Thanks for reminding me of the mini.iso. I'm rather fond of it but
haven't tried it for quite some time, I'll it give a go later, but I
can see what you mean.
Would you please explain the boot "recovery" option.
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