Boot from iso (was: Re: efi problem)

From	Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Boot from iso (was: Re: efi problem)
Date	2023-04-24 16:30 +0200
Message-ID	<Go5my-4cOF-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References	(1 earlier) <Gnpnj-3MIF-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <Gnslb-3OwO-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <GnKUN-405G-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <GnKUN-405G-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <GnMMV-41eJ-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization	linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw

On 24/04/2023 01:38, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:34:03 -0000 (UTC)
> Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
> 
>> Install grml-rescueboot
> 
> I just tried it. It may work with a grml CD ISO; I didn't try it. The
> code builds the grub.cfg entry correctly, and that works. But grub
> refused to boot the debian netinst image I provided.
> 

Charles, isn't it the issue discussed in (I have not tried it though):

Brian to debian-user. Re: hard disk installation method fails. Sat, 18 
Feb 2023 19:09:39 +0000.
https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/18022023184141.ff284e2242db@desktop.copernicus.org.uk

(testing) 5.1.3. Booting from Linux using GRUB
https://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch05s01.html#boot-initrd
> To boot the installer from hard disk, you must first download and place
> the needed files as described in Section 4.4, “Preparing Files for Hard
> Disk Booting”. https://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch04s04.html

> menuentry 'New Install' {
> insmod part_msdos
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
> linux /boot/newinstall/vmlinuz
> initrd /boot/newinstall/initrd.gz
> }

https://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch04s04.html
> you can download the hd-media/initrd.gz file and its kernel
> hd-media/vmlinuz, as well as copy an installation image to the hard
> drive (make sure the file is named ending in .iso). The installer can
> then boot from the hard drive and install from the installation image,
> without needing the network.

Taken into account current size of netinst, I see not point in avoiding 
of iso-scan:
760M debian-bookworm-DI-rc1-amd64-netinst.iso

Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

efi problem "mick.crane" <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2023-04-22 19:40 +0200
  Re: efi problem David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-04-22 20:10 +0200
  Re: efi problem David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-04-22 20:20 +0200
    Re: efi problem "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-04-22 23:20 +0200
  Re: efi problem Mark Allums <maa@allums.com> - 2023-04-22 22:50 +0200
  Re: efi problem Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2023-04-23 01:40 +0200
  Re: efi problem songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2023-04-23 02:10 +0200
    Re: efi problem Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-04-23 09:10 +0200
    Re: efi problem songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2023-04-23 13:10 +0200
  Re: efi problem David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-04-23 02:50 +0200
  Re: efi problem Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-04-23 18:40 +0200
    Re: efi problem Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-04-23 20:40 +0200
      Re: efi problem songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2023-04-23 21:30 +0200
        Re: efi problem Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-04-23 22:30 +0200
      Re: efi problem Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-04-24 15:40 +0200
      Boot from iso (was: Re: efi problem) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-04-24 16:30 +0200

csiph-web