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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--===============0982071627644723033== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000008b96bb0657df3503" --0000000000008b96bb0657df3503 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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/ > > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]= rg > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new > --0000000000008b96bb0657df3503 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">Use 'Fedora Media Writer' 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 <= ;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> 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> > On Thu, 30 Jul 2026, Samuel Sieb wrote:<br> > <br> >> On 7/30/26 5:04 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:<br> >>> I've been trying to boot Fedora-Workstation-Live-44-1.7.x8= 6_64.iso<br> >>> without success.<br> >>> In grub2, I've gotten as far as making loopback work.<br> >>> I think that linux and initrd commands come next,<br> >>> but what parameters to give them, I am at a loss.<br> >>> Google has not helped.<br> >>> All suggestions have failed.<br> <br> >>> What comes after loopback?<br> >>> I'm running out of goats.<br> >><br> >> <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> > <br> > Yup.=C2=A0 linux and initrd,<br> > but what parameters to use?<br> <br> You might be able to just chainload the grub on the iso.<br> Otherwise, it's "linux" and "initrd" in /boot/x86_6= 4/loader/<br> <br> -- <br> _______________________________________________<br> users mailing list -- <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" targ= et=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email protected]</a><br> To unsubscribe send an email to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= roject.org" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email protected]= oject.org</a><br> Fedora Code of Conduct: <a href=3D"https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/pro= ject/code-of-conduct/" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http= s://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/</a><br> List Guidelines: <a href=3D"https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_gui= delines" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://fedoraproj= ect.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines</a><br> List Archives: <a href=3D"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/use= [email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"= >https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]= g</a><br> Do not reply to spam, report it: <a href=3D"https://forge.fedoraproject.org= /infra/tickets/issues/new" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">= https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new</a><br> </blockquote></div> --0000000000008b96bb0657df3503-- --===============0982071627644723033== Content-Type: text/plain; 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