Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-24 Thread Brian
On Sun 24 Nov 2019 at 09:20:58 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > So iso-scan seems to ignore the iso-scan/filename value provided in the > command line. If I understood the script correctly, it does not read this > parameter, it only writes the selected image pathname into it. I have straightened m

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-24 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 23/11/2019 à 20:13, Brian a écrit : On Sat 23 Nov 2019 at 11:00:58 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: This https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=841135 would explain why it works for you, as well as in other cases. It seems to only work at maximum level 1 directories; I alr

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-23 Thread Brian
On Sat 23 Nov 2019 at 11:00:58 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: > El 2019-11-22 16:41, Brian escribió: > > Try this for the kernel boot options: > > > > "iso-scan/filename=$iso_path priority=low" > > > > In other words, replace two of the options with iso-scan/filename=. It > > works for m

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-23 Thread prueba
El 2019-11-22 16:41, Brian escribió: Try this for the kernel boot options: "iso-scan/filename=$iso_path priority=low" In other words, replace two of the options with iso-scan/filename=. It works for me when the ISO, vmlinuz and initrd.gz are all in /boot. This https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-22 Thread Brian
On Fri 22 Nov 2019 at 13:31:54 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: > El 2019-11-22 08:04, Brian escribió: > > > > My first point is that you are having the installer mount and search > > every partition to find an ISO. This is time consuming. > > > > The second point is that an ISO on another

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-22 Thread prueba
El 2019-11-22 08:04, Brian escribió: My first point is that you are having the installer mount and search every partition to find an ISO. This is time consuming. The second point is that an ISO on another partition might be found and used. What happens if it is a jessie ISO? Why not label the

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-22 Thread Brian
On Thu 21 Nov 2019 at 12:08:05 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: > I think I sorted out part of my problem. > For those who I made them lost, a summary of what I'm trying to do. > > I'm trying to boot Debian 10 via Grub's loopback device, in order to make a > multiboot USB with several Linux

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-21 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 21/11/2019 à 19:08, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx a écrit : Now, my last issue is: quick scan always fails, looking only in "common places". So perhaps the location in the USB sdb3/boot/isos is not considered a "common place" and thus only full search can find it here. The quick scan only sear

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-21 Thread prueba
I think I sorted out part of my problem. For those who I made them lost, a summary of what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to boot Debian 10 via Grub's loopback device, in order to make a multiboot USB with several Linux distros by copying just the ISOs. I already read Debian installer CD has an

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-20 Thread Brian
On Wed 20 Nov 2019 at 16:00:05 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: > El 2019-11-20 13:54, Brian escribió: > > Open up a netinst ISO and look in /pool. Do you see iso-scan there? > > So according to you, grub loopback with hd-media vmlinuz and initrd works > but only with netinst? I asked *my*

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-20 Thread prueba
El 2019-11-20 13:54, Brian escribió: Open up a netinst ISO and look in /pool. Do you see iso-scan there? So according to you, grub loopback with hd-media vmlinuz and initrd works but only with netinst? No installer has ever supported loopback, with or without the assistance of hd-media.

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-20 Thread Brian
On Wed 20 Nov 2019 at 13:36:20 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: > El 2019-11-20 12:48, Brian escribió: > > On Wed 20 Nov 2019 at 11:42:34 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: > > > > > So in the end no one being able to help booting Debian 10 with grub > > > loopback? > > > > Using GRUB lo

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-20 Thread didier . gaumet
Le mercredi 20 novembre 2019 18:50:04 UTC+1, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx a écrit : > So in the end no one being able to help booting Debian 10 with grub > loopback? > My grub.cfg and symptoms are back in first post of this thread. > Cannot understand why Debian kernel/initrd are unable to find the IS

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-20 Thread prueba
El 2019-11-20 12:48, Brian escribió: On Wed 20 Nov 2019 at 11:42:34 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: So in the end no one being able to help booting Debian 10 with grub loopback? Using GRUB loopback isn't supported by the installer. The installer images have initrds which do not contain

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-20 Thread Brian
On Wed 20 Nov 2019 at 11:42:34 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: > So in the end no one being able to help booting Debian 10 with grub > loopback? Using GRUB loopback isn't supported by the installer. The installer images have initrds which do not contain iso-scan. > My grub.cfg and symptoms

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-20 Thread prueba
El 2019-11-20 11:20, Cindy Sue Causey escribió: On 11/20/19, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: On 2019-11-19 13:58, Brian wrote: On Tue 19 Nov 2019 at 10:20:16 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: I'm trying to boot Buster installer from a USB by using Grub's loopback

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-20 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 11/20/19, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: > On 2019-11-19 13:58, Brian wrote: > On Tue 19 Nov 2019 at 10:20:16 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: > >>> I'm trying to boot Buster installer from a USB by using Grub's >>> loopback >>> device. >>> I already instal

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-20 Thread prueba
On 2019-11-19 13:58, Brian wrote: On Tue 19 Nov 2019 at 10:20:16 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: I'm trying to boot Buster installer from a USB by using Grub's loopback device. I already installed grub in the USB and put Buster ISO in its data parti

Re: Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-19 Thread Brian
On Tue 19 Nov 2019 at 10:20:16 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: > I'm trying to boot Buster installer from a USB by using Grub's loopback > device. > I already installed grub in the USB and put Buster ISO in its data > partition. > > I read this > https://wiki.debian.org/Installation+Archive

Booting Debian 10 installer ISO from USB

2019-11-19 Thread prueba
I'm trying to boot Buster installer from a USB by using Grub's loopback device. I already installed grub in the USB and put Buster ISO in its data partition. I read this https://wiki.debian.org/Installation+Archive+USBStick#Using_GRUB.27s_Loopback_Facility so I downloaded both hd-media kernel a