[arch-releng] arch-releng Digest, Vol 40, Issue 8

[Mr Green]

On 28/07/12 01:48, arch-releng-request at archlinux.org wrote


Hi Gerardo,

Yes have asked on ArchBang forums and the developer was very helpful, 
managed to solve the problem.

Thanks for your help

MrG

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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:31:13 -0300
> From: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar>
> To: Arch Linux Release Engineering <arch-releng at archlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [arch-releng] Iso booting
> Message-ID: <50119B01.20302 at yahoo.com.ar>
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> On 07/26/2012 04:28 PM, Mr Green wrote:
>> Have an odd problem, trying to boot an iso from grub2 using
>>
>> menuentry "Archlinux-2011.08.19-netinstall-x86_64.iso" {
>>      set isofile="/iso/archlinux-2012.07.15-netinstall-dual.iso"
>>      loopback loop (hd0,1)$isofile
>>      linux (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz archisolabel=ARCH_201207
>> img_dev=/dev/sda1 img_loop=$isofile earlymodules=loop
>>      initrd (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
>> }
>>
>> menuentry "ArchBang" {
>>      set isofile="/iso/archbang-2012.07.26-x86_64.iso"
>>      loopback loop (hd0,1)$isofile
>>      linux (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz archisolabel=ARCHBANG
>> img_dev=/dev/sda1  img_loop=$isofile  earlymodules=loop
>>      initrd (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
>> }
>>
>> The first menuentry works fine but ArchBang refuses to boot, both are
>> in the same directory on the same disc.
>>
>> Odd thing is that /dev/disk/by-label is not created in Archbang, both
>> isos have the same hooks loops, tried with latest archiso from git but
>> no joy.
>>
>> Can anyone shed any light on the problem?
>>
>> MrG
>>
> Ask in ArchBang
>