I attach a patch for adding Loopback cfg support.
Development details
A) This patch has been based originally on: binary_grub2 . It has been
improved thanks to some binary_syslinux bits.
B) binary_loopback_cfg needs to be run before binary_syslinux is run.
The reason is that it reuses some code from binary_syslinux to avoid
problems when binary_syslinux renames the kernel filenames.
C) This patch already supports CPU detection
D) Be sure to include the new binary_loopback_cfg file in package definition
E) I haven't tested all the possible scenarios for the script (with the
latest version). When amd64 and 486 Gnu/Linux flavours is used and the
bootloader is syslinux it works ok.
F) I have not implemented a disable switch for not generating it.
Usually you always want loopback.cfg to be there.
G) Compared to binary_grub2 script I have removed the installation
entries because I did not see any of them in binary_syslinux.
H) Please advise how to improve it so that it gets accepted upstream.
How to test
---
These are some steps to easily test if Looback cfg support is working ok.
0) We assume you have generated an iso
1) Make sure you have a partition that Grub understands. Plain ext4 or
vfat should do it.
2) Create directory: /boot/boot-isos/
3) Put the iso file into that directory making sure it has an ISO or iso
extension.
4) Setup your computer to boot from cdrom and use: Super Grub2 Disk
2.00s2 (Hybrid version recommended)
5) Choose Boot manually...
6) Choose Bootable ISOs (in /boot- ... )
7) Choose (the detected) GRUB Loopback Config
(hdN,msodsN)/boot/boot-ios/name-of-the.iso
8) You will be presented your loopback.cfg. Choose anyone of the entries
(unless it does not match your cpu architecture of course).
9) You should boot into your Debian Live without problems (thanks to
findiso boot parametre).
If you ever wanted to test from your grub2 installation instead from
Super Grub2 Disk check: http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wiki/Loopback.cfg
for an example.
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diff -urN original/usr/lib/live/build/binary
fork_loopback_cfg/usr/lib/live/build/binary
--- original/usr/lib/live/build/binary 2014-08-16 03:09:01.512575406 +
+++ fork_loopback_cfg/usr/lib/live/build/binary 2014-08-16 03:09:37.377196377
+
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
lb binary_memtest ${@}
lb binary_grub ${@}
lb binary_grub2 ${@}
+lb binary_loopback_cfg ${@}
lb binary_syslinux ${@}
lb binary_yaboot ${@}
lb binary_silo ${@}
diff -urN original/usr/lib/live/build/binary_loopback_cfg
fork_loopback_cfg/usr/lib/live/build/binary_loopback_cfg
--- original/usr/lib/live/build/binary_loopback_cfg 1970-01-01
00:00:00.0 +
+++ fork_loopback_cfg/usr/lib/live/build/binary_loopback_cfg2014-08-16
23:12:21.746935266 +
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+## live-build(7) - System Build Scripts
+## Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Daniel Baumann dan...@debian.org
+##
+## This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details see COPYING.
+## This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
+## under certain conditions; see COPYING for details.
+
+
+set -e
+
+# Including common functions
+[ -e ${LIVE_BUILD}/scripts/build.sh ] . ${LIVE_BUILD}/scripts/build.sh
|| . /usr/lib/live/build.sh
+
+# Setting static variables
+DESCRIPTION=$(Echo 'installs loopback.cfg into binary')
+HELP=
+USAGE=${PROGRAM} [--force]
+
+Arguments ${@}
+
+# Reading configuration files
+Read_conffiles config/all config/common config/bootstrap config/chroot
config/binary config/source
+Set_defaults
+
+Echo_message Begin installing loopback.cfg...
+
+# Requiring stage file
+Require_stagefile .build/config .build/bootstrap
+
+# Checking stage file
+Check_stagefile .build/binary_loopback_cfg
+
+# Checking grub2 templates
+Check_templates grub2
+
+# Checking lock file
+Check_lockfile .lock
+
+# Creating lock file
+Create_lockfile .lock
+
+# Check architecture
+Check_architectures amd64 i386
+Check_crossarchitectures
+
+# Checking depends
+#Check_package chroot/usr/bin/grub-mkimage grub-pc
+
+# Restoring cache
+Restore_cache cache/packages.binary
+
+# Installing depends
+Install_package
+
+# Local functions
+Grub_live_entry_commands ()
+{
+ local KERNEL=${1}
+ local INITRD=${2}
+ local APPEND=${3}
+
+ LINUX_LIVE=${LINUX_LIVE}\nlinux\t\t/${KERNEL} ${INITFS:+boot=${INITFS}
}config LB_BOOTAPPEND_LIVE ${APPEND}
+ LINUX_LIVE=${LINUX_LIVE}\ninitrd\t\t/${INITRD}
+}
+
+Grub_live_entry ()
+{
+ local LABEL=${1}
+ local KERNEL=${2}
+ local INITRD=${3}
+ local APPEND=${4}
+
+ LINUX_LIVE=${LINUX_LIVE}\nmenuentry \Debian GNU/Linux - ${LABEL}\ {
+ Grub_live_entry_commands ${KERNEL} ${INITRD} ${APPEND}
findiso=\${iso_path}
+ LINUX_LIVE=${LINUX_LIVE}\n}
+}
+
+Grub_live_autodetect_entry ()
+{
+
