Brian Potkin <claremont...@gmail.com> writes: ... >> Is there a reason why iso-scan is *not* loaded? > > The author of iso-scan has this to say: > > iso-scan is part of the Debian installer[1]. > > However, it is only included in the hd-media initrd. There is no reason > to include it on the regular CD initrd, because isohybrid allows > mounting the USB stick directly. (Not a loop-mount of an iso file > included in some disk, which the hd-media initrd handles.) > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2013/09/msg00097.html
As Joey says, one doesn't need it if one is doing exactly what was envisioned with the images (i.e. dd-ing straight to the device) but it is very clear by now that other valid use cases exist. It is of course possible to work round this lack with the hd-media files, but there's definitely an advantage to knowing that one is using the right kernel/initrd, as one does if using the files from within the image itself. For that to work those files must include iso-scan. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] HANDS.COM Ltd. |-| http://www.hands.com/ http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| Hugo-Klemm-Strasse 34, 21075 Hamburg, GERMANY
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