Package: grml Version: 0.9-stable2 Severity: important
Hi,
I found that the bootfrom=xxx.iso cheatcode does not work as expected.
I notice the following grub boot menu,
title GRML 0.9 from .ISO on sda2 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot.grml/isolinux/linux26 welcome noeject noprompt ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 nomce bootfrom=/dev/sda2/Grml/grml_0.9.iso initrd /boot.grml/isolinux/minirt26.gz savedefault boot
only works as long as my USB key was plugged in. If not, it won't work.
Having Looked into the issue, I realized that,
grml search for grml image in all patitions first before doing the bootfrom= cheatcode. When my USB key is plugged in, it can continue on, mounting the .iso as root the second time, though it report missing /lib/.../modeprobe.dep beforehand.
When my USB key is not plugged in, i.e., the image scan doesn't find anything, grml will panic before doing the bootfrom=xxx.iso.
Test environment: grml 0.9
-- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /UNIONFS/bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-grml Locale: LANG=en_US.iso885915, LC_CTYPE=en_US.iso885915 (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages grml depends on: ii grml-autoconfig 0.6-8 main bootup process of a grml syst ii grml-docs 0.9-5 documentation for grml (grml.org) ii grml-etc 0.9-4 ecetera files for the grml system ii grml-files 0.9-1 some misc files for grml ii grml-hwinfo 0.3-2 collect hardware information ii grml-scripts 0.9.5 some small scripts which should ma ii grml-tips 0.3-14 search for tips and hints via a ke
grml recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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