On 16 February 2015 at 08:51, Beeblebrox <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi and thanks for the input. > Indeed I have made some progress. > >> if your images contain the httpfs package you can boot iso by ... >> pointing the live initramfs to the iso location on your web server. > > This is the best solution, so let's try this path. > 1. First the simpler case if you don't mind: > menuentry "Ubuntu-amd64-desktop-13.04.iso" { > set root="http,192.168.2.100" > set isofile="ubuntu-13.04d-amd64.iso" > loopback loop0 ($root)$isofile > linux (loop0)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper fromiso=$isofile > httpfs=($root)$isofile > initrd (loop0)/casper/initrd.lz } > > This did not work. Grub will fetch the initrd file normally, so it must be my > syntax. > * Should "fromiso=" be full path "($root)$isofile"? > * How is the param "live-media-path=" used? Would this work? > linux (loop0)/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper live-media-path=casper > * Any other suggestions in above syntax appreciated.
So this is casper and not debian-live. While some people here might be familiar with casper it is probably better to ask some Ubuntu folks about that. > > 2. Now the slightly tougher case: I need to better understand the media I had > previously downloaded so that I can accurately debug why Debian-Jessie fails > to mount. > I have the i386-lxde-CD-1.iso from 07-2014. Am I to understand that: > /install.386 => live installer > /install.386/gtk => live desktop system No. This is probably installer iso with graphic ans non-graphic installer. My live iso has kernel and initrd in the live/ directory. HTH Michal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caomqctt22akpdit2odgm-qgz-trhraahlwndnr3kdwsai-q...@mail.gmail.com
