I'm trying to run Debian installation from USB flash drive (don't have CD-ROM), using grub2 boot from ISO feature.
I have these entries in my grub.cfg:
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# rsync --progress --checksum {rsync://mirrors.advancedhosters.com,.}/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso
set amd64_debian_testing_mini=/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso
set amd64_debian_stable_mini=/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso
set amd64_debian_stable_netinst=/debian/debian-8.7.1-amd64-netinst.iso
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menuentry $amd64_debian_stable_netinst {
loopback loop /boot/iso/$amd64_debian_stable_netinst
linux (loop)/install.amd/vmlinuz vga=788 --- quiet
initrd (loop)/install.amd/initrd.gz
}
menuentry $amd64_debian_stable_mini {
loopback loop /boot/iso/$amd64_debian_stable_mini
linux (loop)/linux priority=low vga=788 -- noprompt
initrd (loop)/initrd.gz
}
menuentry $amd64_debian_testing_mini {
loopback loop /boot/iso/$amd64_debian_testing_mini
linux (loop)/linux priority=low vga=788 -- noprompt
initrd (loop)/initrd.gz
}
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Option #2 (Stable mini.iso) won't allow to use wireless adapter, i.e. it detects the built-in network adapter (which requires some dongle attached in order to use this adapter, which I don't have) and behaves like a built-in WiFi adapter doesn't exist at all.
Option #3 (Testing mini.iso) runs very well until the disk detection step, which fails with error about kernel module mismatch. This is very strange, as this always worked as a charm to me. The recent release must have broken something.
Using boot by `grub2` iso feature is very important to me as there is a bunch of other ISO's on that flash drive and I cannot dedicate the whole drive just to Debian only. What options do I have here?