On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 8:30:05 PM UTC+5:30, Brian wrote: > On Wed 22 Oct 2014 at 07:00:29 -0700, Rusi Mody wrote:
> > On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 6:50:06 PM UTC+5:30, Brian wrote: > > > menuentry "jessie-DI-b2-i386-netinst" { > > > loopback loop > > > (hd1,msdos1)/boot/isos/debian-jessie-DI-b2-i386-netinst.iso > > > linux (loop)/install.386/vmlinuz > > > initrd (loop)/install.386/initrd.gz > > > } > > > It would be nice (and might help the OP) if you reported what happens > > > and declared yourself a believer. :) > > Assuming > > 1. you have grub-imageboot and syslinux-common packages installed -- > > [that will put memdisk into /boot] > > 2. The netinst iso is in images directory > > 3. sda7 is root > Thank you for the detail. > > After that this stanza starts the debian installer alright > > menuentry "Bootable Netinst ISO Image: Debian" { > > insmod part_msdos > > insmod ext2 > > set root='hd0,msdos7' > > linux16 /boot/memdisk iso > > initrd16 /boot/images/debian-7.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso > > } > > Does it complete?? > > No idea. > > I dont have a free machine (or time) to try out > This is a different method from using grub's loopback. However, it will > still fail at the 'Detect and mount CD-ROM' stage and for the same > reason: the netinst image does not contain loop.ko. Right. So it seems from https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2013/09/msg00094.html and your https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/12/msg01124.html that debian installer cant loopmount whereas ubuntu can. O well... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/99178eae-0d1b-478d-bf47-b767e6c85...@googlegroups.com