Re: Running Debian Installer without rebooting.
On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 6:50:06 PM UTC+5:30, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 22 Oct 2014 at 04:19:35 -0700, Rusi Mody wrote:
> > On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:50:05 PM UTC+5:30, Brian wrote:
> > > No amount of modification will allow an installation from a netinst
> > > image or CD-1 to complete successfully.
> > If you say so :-)
> I do say so.
> > I find it hard to believe though...
> In such situations it is best to try it, wouldn't you agree? I'll even
> give you a grub stanza to adjust for your needs.
> menuentry "jessie-DI-b2-i386-netinst" {
> loopback loop (hd1,msdos1)/boot/isos/debian-jessie-DI-b2-i386-netinst.iso
> linux (loop)/install.386/vmlinuz
> initrd (loop)/install.386/initrd.gz
> }
> It would be nice (and might help the OP) if you reported what happens
> and declared yourself a believer. :)
Assuming
1. you have grub-imageboot and syslinux-common packages installed --
[that will put memdisk into /boot]
2. The netinst iso is in images directory
3. sda7 is root
After that this stanza starts the debian installer alright
menuentry "Bootable Netinst ISO Image: Debian" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos7'
linux16 /boot/memdisk iso
initrd16 /boot/images/debian-7.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso
}
Does it complete??
No idea.
I dont have a free machine (or time) to try out
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