Directly booting an ISO file

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It is technically possible to boot an .iso file directly, without flashing it to a disk or device.

Using a virtual machine

The QEMU page shows how an ISO image and .apkovl customizations are booted with a virtual machine.

Using an installed Bootloader

grub-imageboot

In addition to standard partitions or drives, the Debian package grub-imageboot allows booting .iso files placed in the /boot/images directory.


Manual Grub menu entry

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syslinux

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