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spookykid

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2006-07-23

Posts: 141

[ SORTED ] Boot ISO file image using rEFInd

Hi all,

I would like to copy the Arch linux install ISO to my /boot partition and be able to boot using rEFInd from it whenever I want to reinstall, have any of you setup this before?

I have in my refind.conf file:

# A sample entry for a Linux 3.13 kernel with EFI boot stub support
# on a partition with a GUID of 904404F8-B481-440C-A1E3-11A5A954E601.
# This entry includes Linux-specific boot options and specification
# of an initial RAM disk. Note uses of Linux-style forward slashes.
# Also note that a leading slash is optional in file specifications.
menuentry Linux {
    icon EFI/refind/icons/os_linux.png
    volume 904404F8-B481-440C-A1E3-11A5A954E601
    loader bzImage-3.3.0-rc7
    initrd initrd-3.3.0.img
    options "ro root=UUID=5f96cafa-e0a7-4057-b18f-fa709db5b837 quiet loglevel=3 vga=current"
    disabled
}

#  volume    - identifies the filesystem from which subsequent files
#              are loaded. You can specify the volume by filesystem
#              label, by partition label, or by partition GUID number
#              (but NOT yet by filesystem UUID number).

Maybe substituting the volume string with the ISO file location?

Thank you for reading

Last edited by spookykid (2016-02-07 13:28:55)

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spookykid

Member

From: Portugal

Registered: 2006-07-23

Posts: 141

Re: [ SORTED ] Boot ISO file image using rEFInd

Okay, I sorted my problem by creating a bootable SD pen and can just insert it on my machine and install from there.

Thanks,
AG

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