On Wed 20 Nov 2019 at 13:36:20 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: > El 2019-11-20 12:48, Brian escribió: > > On Wed 20 Nov 2019 at 11:42:34 -0600, pru...@finsakxim.com.mx wrote: > > > > > So in the end no one being able to help booting Debian 10 with grub > > > loopback? > > > > Using GRUB loopback isn't supported by the installer. The installer > > images have initrds which do not contain iso-scan. > > > > > My grub.cfg and symptoms are back in first post of this thread. > > > Cannot understand why Debian kernel/initrd are unable to find the > > > ISO, even > > > with hd-media... > > > > The hd-media have no trouble finding debian-10.2.0-i386-netinst.iso > > for me. The wiki contains the advice: > > > > > ... Ensure the image, vmlinuz and initrd.gz are the most > > > up-to-date possible. > > > I already know and understand that CD installer's initrd doesn't have > iso-scan.
Everybody else understands this too. That is why no one is able to help with booting Debian 10 with GRUB's loopback. > Which is why, as put in first post of this thread, I tried using hd-media > vmlinuz and initrd, though with same CD installer ISO rather than the > netinst. > > Last thing I read about the netinst is, just like live CD, they didn't > suffer from the lack of iso-scan, so they could be used for grub loopback > out of the box. Which is why I didn't try netinst yet. Correct me if wrong. Open up a netinst ISO and look in /pool. Do you see iso-scan there? > I got both hd-media vmlinuz and initrd just this week, from the link in > first post, from the current "stable" tree. So they should be indeed > updated. The image you have? That's up-to-date? > I already know one way around for installation would be booting Live CD and > installing from within it. But feels slightly "unorthodox", and it's not the > same as directly using the installer. Specially because I often use the > "expert" install option. > Also I often do offline installations (internet connection is not available > beforehand), so netinst would not be useful for those cases. > > So, if someone could help with this CD installer and hd-media issue, I'd be > very thankful. > Or if the fact was that Buster installer no longer supports loopback at all > even with hd-media, just confirm it. No installer has ever supported loopback, with or without the assistance of hd-media. -- Brian.
