Re: Bug#873419: Debian non-free livecd does not have access to live installer after booting
reassign 873419 debian-installer
thanks
On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 08:43:19AM -0600, Arjun Krishnan wrote:
> Package: debian-live-9.1.0-amd64-cinnamon+nonfree.iso
>
> Version: 9.1.0
>
> X-Debbugs-CC: debian-cd@lists.debian.org
>
> The debian live cd boots off a usb stick created in the following way:
>
> 1. The usb stick has two partitions, one efi and one ext4
> 1. The efi partition has a grub2 shim that loads grub from the ext4
> partition.
> 1. The ext4 partition has grub and the debian livecd iso
>
> This is a strange mechanism, but it helps me load different linux
> distributions with a single
> unified mechanism. The isos merely go in a single folder.
>
> Grub2 loads the debian livecd with the following entry
>
> menuentry 'debian livecd' {
> set iso='debian-live-9.1.0-amd64-cinnamon+nonfree.iso'
> loopback loop $iso
> linux (loop)/live/vmlinuz-4.9.0-3-amd64 findiso=$iso
> initrd (loop)/live/initrd.gz-4.9.0-3-amd64
> }
>
> Once the livecd loads, everything appears to work. BUT there is no way to
> run
> the installer at this stage. There is no `click here to install` on the
> desktop.
> I've tried pulling up a terminal, and apt-getting the installer. This
> results in the following:
>
> $ sudo apt install debian-installer-launcher
> $ sudo debian-installer-launcher
> no suitable d-i initrd image found, aborting
> umount /lib/live/installer: mountpoint not found
>
> Arjun
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