Re: hard disk installation method fails
On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:55:03 +0700
Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Due to the following message I am confused if it should work for
> Debian:
>
> Brian to debian-user. Re: problem with loading installer (hard disk
> method) Thu, 29 Dec 2022 17:42:59 +0000.
> https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/?m=29122022172846.4fc3cfd2993f@desktop.copernicus.org.uk
>
> > GRUB's loopback facility will not work with installer images.
> > They do not contain iso-scan.
> >
> > https://bugs.debian.org/618000
Date: 2011.
> > https://bugs.debian.org/724931
Date 2013, last entry dated 2020.
Neither one is marked as resolved.
loopback.mod (not .ko) is available in grub for both Bullseye and
Bookworm.
root@cdtest:~# find /boot/ -iname loop*
/boot/grub/i386-pc/loopback.mod
root@cdtest:~#
I can't find iso-scan anywhere except as a part of the package
dracut-live, so I'm not sure it's relevant here. I conjecture that
telling the kernel where to find the iso image bypasses any need for
iso-scan. (See the first email in #724931.)
As I have mentioned earlier in this thread, I do have a rough script
which automates most of the process of building the separate partition
I use for these d-i images. I'll see if I can get that cleaned up and
ready for prime time in the next few days.
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