On Wed 08 May 2013 at 03:50:44 +0000, T o n g wrote: > On Tue, 07 May 2013 21:40:03 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > > > I'd like to try installing debian from an iso file but not burn a disc. > > If you are using the commonly used GRUB2, then consider yourself lucky: > > Boot an ISO via Grub2 > http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2009/05/25/boot-an-iso-via-grub2/ > > loopback loop (hd0,1)/grml/grml-small_2008.11.iso > linux (loop)/boot/grmlsmall/linux26 isofrom=/dev/sda1/grml/grml- > small_2008.11.iso boot=live quiet vga=791 noeject noprompt > initrd (loop)/boot/grmlsmall/initrd.gz > boot > > Just an idea. adjust to your case.
Coincidentally, this idea cropped up yesterday in another post to -user: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/05/msg00291.html It is far less convenient than booting from an isohybrid and only works with a netinst ISO if the user is prepared to jump through a number of small diameter hoops and coerce d-i into co-operating. A netboot mini.iso will work easily (no CD ROM is mounted) and, knowing the magic incantation for the 'linux' line, so will a Live CD. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130508090145.GM25306@desktop
