Re: Re: Install from iso (no disc burn)
On Thu 09 May 2013 at 13:44:33 +0200, Julian Rüger wrote:
> Brian wrote:
>
> > [...] I do not consider loopback mode (the
> > subject of the mail I replied to) to offer any advantage over this
> > method or the one described above.
>
> Well, I see a number of advantages, of course those may not apply to
> everybody's use cases.
>
> 1. You are not restricted to devote the whole device, just to i.e. the
> Debian installer. If you have, say (like me), an 8GB flash drive, you
> can have, depending on the size, up to 10 different images to boot. For
> example, I like to try out different distros and as part of my job as a
> sysadmin, I need several installers ready to go. I can use one single
> device for live systems and all kinds of stuff, comfortably selectable
> from the grub menu.
>
> 2. You can have several partitions on your boot device, and do not need
> to format or erase anything. For example, if you just have a USB hard
> drive handy atm, using the dd or cat > /dev/sdb method, you would have
> to backup all your stuff on that drive, need enough space on another hd
> and so on.
>
> 3. Works with non-hybrid isos
This addresses a broader framework than installing Debian. I agree with
your analysis and use loopback for the same reasons you give.
Even though a netinst ISO or CD-1 is difficult to use with loopback it
is worth repeating that the Debian netboot mini.iso and Live ISOs are
not.
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