Re: How do I boot a live OS from its .iso file?

Robert Weir <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:47:16 -0700
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Use 'Fedora Media Writer' and choose Bootable when burning onto a properly
size USB.


On Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 5:45=E2=80=AFPM Samuel Sieb <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 7/30/26 5:39 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> > On Thu, 30 Jul 2026, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> >
> >> On 7/30/26 5:04 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> >>> I've been trying to boot Fedora-Workstation-Live-44-1.7.x86_64.iso
> >>> without success.
> >>> In grub2, I've gotten as far as making loopback work.
> >>> I think that linux and initrd commands come next,
> >>> but what parameters to give them, I am at a loss.
> >>> Google has not helped.
> >>> All suggestions have failed.
>
> >>> What comes after loopback?
> >>> I'm running out of goats.
> >>
> >> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB/Chainloading
> >
> > Yup.  linux and initrd,
> > but what parameters to use?
>
> You might be able to just chainload the grub on the iso.
> Otherwise, it's "linux" and "initrd" in /boot/x86_64/loader/
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Use &#39;Fedora Media Writer&#39; and choose Bootable whe=
n burning onto a properly size USB.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>=
</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr"=
 class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 5:45=E2=80=AFPM Samuel Sieb &lt=
;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div=
><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1=
px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 7/30/26 5:39 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:=
<br>
&gt; On Thu, 30 Jul 2026, Samuel Sieb wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; On 7/30/26 5:04 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; I&#39;ve been trying to boot Fedora-Workstation-Live-44-1.7.x8=
6_64.iso<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; without success.<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; In grub2, I&#39;ve gotten as far as making loopback work.<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; I think that linux and initrd commands come next,<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; but what parameters to give them, I am at a loss.<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Google has not helped.<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; All suggestions have failed.<br>
<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; What comes after loopback?<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; I&#39;m running out of goats.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; <a href=3D"https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB/Chainloading" rel=3D"=
noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB/=
Chainloading</a><br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Yup.=C2=A0 linux and initrd,<br>
&gt; but what parameters to use?<br>
<br>
You might be able to just chainload the grub on the iso.<br>
Otherwise, it&#39;s &quot;linux&quot; and &quot;initrd&quot; in /boot/x86_6=
4/loader/<br>
<br>
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