Re: The bootfrom=xxx.iso doesn't work
--- Tong wrote:
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.
Using the equvalient syslinux.cfg entry, I was able to boot grml iso from HD using grml-small from USB, but there is a problem,
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.
The problem may related to this (unable to load modules). Thy symptom is that the ifconfig -a only shows lo device, not eth0. If I specified 'ifup eth0', the respond was no such device or similar. Duplicated the result each time when tested.
Booting grml-small or grml directly won't have such problem. eth0 works fine.
Test environment: grml 0.9/grml-small 0.3
tong
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