On Thu 09 May 2013 at 13:44:33 +0200, Julian Rüger wrote: > Brian wrote: > > > [...] I do not consider loopback mode (the > > subject of the mail I replied to) to offer any advantage over this > > method or the one described above. > > Well, I see a number of advantages, of course those may not apply to > everybody's use cases. > > 1. You are not restricted to devote the whole device, just to i.e. the > Debian installer. If you have, say (like me), an 8GB flash drive, you > can have, depending on the size, up to 10 different images to boot. For > example, I like to try out different distros and as part of my job as a > sysadmin, I need several installers ready to go. I can use one single > device for live systems and all kinds of stuff, comfortably selectable > from the grub menu. > > 2. You can have several partitions on your boot device, and do not need > to format or erase anything. For example, if you just have a USB hard > drive handy atm, using the dd or cat > /dev/sdb method, you would have > to backup all your stuff on that drive, need enough space on another hd > and so on. > > 3. Works with non-hybrid isos
This addresses a broader framework than installing Debian. I agree with your analysis and use loopback for the same reasons you give. Even though a netinst ISO or CD-1 is difficult to use with loopback it is worth repeating that the Debian netboot mini.iso and Live ISOs are not. -- 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/20130509182027.GT25306@desktop
