Package: grml-rescueboot
Version: 0.6.5
Severity: important
Tags: d-i
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org, wizard10000@gmail.com, debian-boot@lists.debian.org
User: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
Usertags: amd64
User: debian-boot@lists.debian.org
Usertags: amd64

Dear Maintainer,

grml-rescueboot will not boot the current (v12.9) Debian amd64 netinstall image.

Selecting the netinstall image in grub just returns you to the grub menu,
sometimes with a "Press any key to continue" message.

grml-rescueboot *will* boot the current System Rescue image (11.04).

Not sure if relevant but this is on a UEFI system.

* allan grossman <wizard10000@gmail.com> [250225 12:30]:

That seems to be expected. The netinst images do not contain a
/boot/grub/loopback.cfg, which is what grml-rescueboot needs to work
at all.

loopback.cfg is a thing supported by many "live" systems, so I guess
system rescue also supports it.

Generally grml-rescueboot is intended to boot Grml ISOs, and not
arbitrary ISOs.

How did you end up thinking grml-rescueboot would boot d-i?

I'll keep this bug open so others can find it.

Chris

I didn't see any indication that it *wouldn't* work.  There is no
manpage for the app but reading the package description it does say
it's designed to boot grml images.  Please feel free to close this if
you like and apologies for wasting your time  :)

* allan <wizard10000@gmail.com> [250225 12:44]:

Nah, it's fine.

We did get a few similar bug reports recently, and I'm wondering
what we can do to avoid this confusion.

So maybe we should make this restriction clearer in the package
description. There's no manpage because there is no
"grml-rescueboot" program, but maybe we should have a manpage
anyway.

Chris