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Re: hard disk installation method fails



On 18/02/2023 12:26, Charles Curley wrote:
menuentry "Install Debian 12 OS (preseeded)" {
     set root='hd0,msdos5'
     set isofile=/firmware-testing-i386-netinst.iso
     insmod part_msdos
     insmod loopback
     loopback loop (hd0,msdos5)$isofile
     linux (loop)/install.386/vmlinuz auto=true file=/media/preseed.cfg
     initrd (loop)/install.386/initrd.gz
}

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
  https://bugs.debian.org/724931



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