Re: Installation instructions.
On Tue 01 Dec 2020 at 14:50:52 -0800, peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s01.en.html#boot-initrd
> gives this sample Grub2 configuration.
>
> menuentry 'New Install' {
> insmod part_msdos
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
> linux /boot/newinstall/vmlinuz
> initrd /boot/newinstall/initrd.gz
> }
>
> No problem with vmlinuz and initrd.gz but the CD image is not found.
As David asks - where are vmlinuz and initrd.gz from? And what CD (?)
image is being used?
> The configuration which worked in the past had parameters on the linux
> command. Similar to this.
>
> linux /vmlinuz root=UUID=50e0fa4b-6c62-40f8-8a84-46ab1413eb5a ro from=hd fromiso=debian-10.6.0-i386-netinst.iso load=all reboot=bios
I think you are misremembering something? If that is incorrect, you are
applying something to an inappropriate situation.
> The instructions at the URL above appear incomplete. Does anyone
> happen to know how the ISO should be accessed? Loop mount at
> /dev/cdrom?
The instructions are complete. Loop mount? No!
--
Brian.
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