Probably need to pass a uuid to the real root kernel param
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:34 AM zless <zl...@dmesg.site> wrote:
> Hello all,
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> I'm trying to have the Gentoo Live CD ISO as a recovery media in grub.
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> I tried all the options I could think off in a custom grub menu entry like
> this:
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> menuentry "Gentoo ISO" {
> set cmdline="root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc dokeymap looptype=squashfs
> loop=/image.squashfs cdroot initrd=gentoo.igz BOOT_IMAGE=gentoo"
> loopback loop /path/to/iso/install-amd64-minimal-20180206T214502Z.iso
> linux (loop)/isolinux/gentoo $cmdline isoloop=/image.squashfs
> initrd=gentoo.igz vga=791 BOOT_IMAGE=gentoo
> initrd (loop)/isolinux/gentoo.igz
> }
>
> It boots the live CD kernel, it even asks for the keymap but then it fails
> to mount the root device.
>
> Any idea how to properly boot the iso from grub?
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