Re: problem with loading installer (hard disk method)
On Thu 29 Dec 2022 at 22:07:15 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote:
> On 29/12/2022 10:55, lou wrote:
> > i have solved my 2nd problem on my own, thanks anyway!
>
> Great
Two problems encountered. Two problems resolved in an unknown
way.
> > i have 2 suggestions:
>
> https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/apes02.en.html
> > E.2. Contributing to This Document
> >
> > If you have problems or suggestions regarding this document, you should
> > probably submit them as a bug report against the package
> > installation-guide. See the reportbug package or read the online
> > documentation of the Debian Bug Tracking System.
>
> Suggestions sent to this list may be lost unnoticed by the developers.
>
> I suppose, loading installer from hard drive is for advanced users. There is
> should be balance for amount of details in Debian manuals. It is grub manual
> that should cover the topic thoroughly.
I doubt GRUB would act on (hd0,partition1).
> Notice that you having an .iso file stored on a hard drive, it is possible
> to boot it directly. A couple of years ago I tried
>
> menuentry "ISO Ubuntu-20.10 amd64" {
> set isofile="/ubuntu/ubuntu-20.10-desktop-amd64.iso"
> loopback loop (hd0,5)$isofile
> linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile
> noprompt noeject toram
> initrd (loop)/casper/initrd
> }
>
> linux and initrd commands are taken from the grub configuration inside the
> iso file.
>
> The grml-rescueboot package uses the same approach.
GRUB's loopback facility will not work with installer images.
They do not contain iso-scan.
https://bugs.debian.org/618000
https://bugs.debian.org/724931
BTW: I would assiciate casper with Ubuntu, not Debian.
--
Brian.
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