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I'd like to install Debian on a loopback device (/dev/loop0).

I can easily access the command prompt by booting off the DVD and asking for a shell, and I'm assuming it should also be easy to mount the loopback device on /.

The part that I don't know is: how do I manually run the installer, after I have mounted /?

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The regular installer already does this but doesn't require the target directory to be the root directory. Examine the debian-installer sources. – tripleee Jan 31 at 7:27

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