[oclug] Booting into ISO image

[Mike]

On Tuesday 27 August 2002 17:26, Tim Hosking wrote:
> 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?
>
> <http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Diskless-HOWTO.html>

YES ! this site suggest how to do it

http://www.moongroup.com/pipermail/lunar/2002-July/001952.html

It looks like you mount the ISO as loopback and tweek the initrd.