Re: Running Debian Installer without rebooting.
On Wed 22 Oct 2014 at 15:47:57 +0000, Curt wrote:
> On 2014-10-22, Rusi Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Here is a grub menu entry that can boot ubuntu from an iso image
>
> Booting the debian installer from the hard disk:
>
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s04.html.en
That is quite a nifty method. It allows not only any Debian image to be
booted and operate correctly but also (with a suitable grub stanza)
images from many other distributions too. The 'hard disk' can usefully
be a USB stick.
The reason it works is that loop.ko and iso-scan are available in the
kernel/initrd.
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