[oclug] Booting into ISO image

[Tim Hosking]

On 8/27/02 5:15 PM, "Dan Cardamore" <dan at hld.ca> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 05:09:11PM -0400, Gregory Gee wrote:
>> 
>>   Is it possible to boot into an an ISO image sitting in a directory on my
>> HD.  I have one of those CD distros and want to have GRUB or LILO boot into
>> the ISO image if I want.  Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
>> 
> 
> I would have to say no.  You already need a kernel running to mount an
> iso.
> 

Agreed. Maybe you could set up a netboot and mount the ISO on another
machine?

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Tim Hosking