Hi, Pascal, > Downloading vmlinuz is not required. You can get it from the ISO image. yes.
> > I wonder if there is a way to finish install only in GRUB, without > > initrd involved maybe more precisely, without initrd.gz from hd-media involved, but could use initrd.gz from the ISO file we have. > The initrd.gz included in Debian installer ISO images cannot read files > from an ISO image, only from a plain drive or partition. This is why you > need an initrd.gz for hd-media. Note that there may also be restrictions > about the supported filesystem types containing the ISO image. yes, that's why i ask this question. The initrd.gz from iso can't locate iso file, but i can. how can let the install process know where the iso file is. The initrd.gz from hd-media can locate iso file by iso-scan, but it would scan all dev over. it takes a while. it does works as automation work, but if i could tell the iso file location, why not? (hd-media + iso is my preferred way to install debian, though, i always have a bootable USB along with me) -- Liu An
