On Fri 29 Apr 2016 at 21:57:53 +0300, Piyavkin wrote: > Though, I agree, parameters may vary. May be «fromiso» in the last example > is a better choice indeed. I'd just experimented with related instructions > until it started working for me and I'm done.
Look carefully. I didn't recommend 'fromiso'. > > It is a source of contention (and a number of bug reports) but it is by > design. > > Why such design? Suppose you want to install Debian; that's the objective after all. An isohybrid allows mounting the USB stick directly. You dd/cat/cp the image to a USB stick and boot and there you are - Debian is installed. What does loop-mounting of an ISO file with GRUB give you?