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Asked: 2014-06-18 18:43:46 +0800 CST

What are all the parameters for iso-scan?

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I am trying to use a "boot from iso" method on a Windows computer. The iso file is on a small ext4 partition on /dev/sda3. /dev/sda[12] are NTFS.

The normal iso-scan/filename fails (/dev/sda1 can't be mounted because of hibernation issues due to the freeze software we are using).

I suspect that iso-scan has other parameters than /filename (maybe /device or /path) with which I can direct the scan.

Does anyone know these extra parameters? They don't seem to be documented in any place that I can find.

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1 Answers

  1. iso-scan is wired to not ask anything by default, so it will mount all known drives one by one and look for the iso in them.

    But if you run it with very low debconf priority it will ask whether it should look into all devices or let you select which ones (shared/ask_device=manual) and in the latter case, which ones (shared/enter_device=/dev/<SOMEDEV>)

    Both values can be preseeded from the kernel command line.

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