Bug#724931: loop-mounted ISO images

2013-09-30 Thread Andreas Cadhalpun
[Now follows a somewhat lengthy text. If you are bored, jump directly to the conclusion.] On 30.09.2013 01:58, wrote ian_br...@fastmail.net: you wrote: Please include the kernel module loop.ko in all installation ISOs. It would be awesome, if you could also add iso-scan to the install ISOs,

Bug#724931: loop-mounted ISO images

2013-09-30 Thread ian_bruce
On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:10:01 +0200 Andreas Cadhalpun andreas.cadhal...@googlemail.com wrote: j...@kitenet.net wrote: iso-scan is part of the Debian installer. However, it is only included in the hd-media initrd. There is no reason to include it on the regular CD initrd, because isohybrid

Re: loop-mounted ISO images

2013-09-09 Thread ian_bruce
On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 11:44:54 -0400 Joey Hess j...@kitenet.net wrote: Is there some boot parameter that can be given to the Debian installer initrd to make it understand that it's running from a loop-mounted ISO image file rather than a plain block device? This is a well established feature

loop-mounted ISO images

2013-09-05 Thread ian_bruce
Is there some boot parameter that can be given to the Debian installer initrd to make it understand that it's running from a loop-mounted ISO image file rather than a plain block device? This is a well established feature in some distributions; for example, in Ubuntu, the relevant parameter is

Re: loop-mounted ISO images

2013-09-05 Thread Joey Hess
ian_br...@fastmail.net wrote: Is there some boot parameter that can be given to the Debian installer initrd to make it understand that it's running from a loop-mounted ISO image file rather than a plain block device? This is a well established feature in some distributions; for example, in

Re: loop-mounted ISO images

2013-09-05 Thread ian_bruce
On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 11:44:54 -0400 Joey Hess j...@kitenet.net wrote: in Ubuntu, the relevant parameter is iso-scan/filename=FILENAME. iso-scan is part of the Debian installer. I wrote it. Always nice to have my Debian work cited as another reason Ubuntu is better than Debian! Well, it's