Bug#586701: grub-pc: Please support grub-install/grub-setup to a disk image file

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

tag 586701 fixed-upstream
thanks
In upstream experimental you can install to partitioned loop device.
This should do what you ask for
On 06/21/2010 08:58 PM, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.98+20100617-1
> Severity: wishlist
>
> In setting up filesystem images for USB disks, I'd like the ability to
> install GRUB to a disk image, rather than directly to a USB disk.
> Specifically, I'd like to point it at a disk image and a separate
> directory to put /boot/grub in, as grub-install appears to allow.
> However, grub-install always tries to probe for the device containing
> the image file rather than just using the image file (no, I *don't* want
> it to touch my root filesystem's device, thank you; fortunately I ran it
> as non-root), and grub-setup only supports passing a parenthesized GRUB
> device name.
>
> I don't mind having to manually specify the filesystem module rather
> than having GRUB detect which one it needs.  I also don't mind
> specifying some of the things grub-setup detects, such as whether it
> will boot from a hard disk and need the BIOS disk numbering workaround
> (it will).
>
> Right now, my build process for a USB disk image involves having a real
> USB disk plugged in during the build, an annoying requirement.
>
> - Josh Triplett
>
>
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


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