* Michael Schierl <[email protected]> [20081206 15:41]: > I liked it when I read in the announcement that grml-2008.11 supports a > fromiso bootoption. I wanted to use it for my USB thumb drive, so that I > can add the .iso file to it (so that I can burn a CD if I need one) and > as well boot from it (without requiring twice the space). However, it > did not work as I expected: > - it does not search for the ISO, but require the exact device name > - it does not expose the ISO partition to the booted system
> So I patched the initramfs so that it supports another bootoption, > "findiso". When booting with findiso=/grml_2008.11.iso, it will look for > that .iso file on all disks where it usually looks for the .squashfs > file. When it is found, the disk containing the iso is read-only mounted > as /live/findiso (and exposed there after boot completed). The squashfs > file is searched inside that ISO file then. > It worked well in my tests, but of course that does not guarantee it is > bug-free. :) > I attached both the patch and a script I used (in a CD-booted GRML) to > apply the patch (and modify menu.lst), if anyone else wants to use it > with the current stable GRML. Lovely. Thanks for the patch - works fine, applied and pushed - live-initramfs package was uploaded as well (and daily snapshots will incorporate the feature therefore ;)). % git url http://git.grml.org/?p=live-initramfs-grml.git;a=commit;h=9204f2b \ Apply patch by Michael Schierl to support bootoption findiso | 2009-01-12 15:45:28 +0100 regards, -mika- -- http://grml.org/ # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins http://wiki.grml.org/ # share your knowledge http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog #grml @ irc.freenode.org # meet us on irc
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