The following two examples found at http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/ubuntu and http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livehd.php show how to boot ISO images from hard drive: ## title Try Ubuntu without installing find --set-root /ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso map /ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso (0xff) || map --mem /ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso (0xff) map --hook root (0xff) kernel /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed noprompt boot=casper persistent iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso quiet splash -- initrd /casper/initrd.lz ## ## title gparted 11.0 live find --set-root /gparted-live-0.11.0-10.iso map /gparted-live-0.11.0-10.iso (0xff) || map --mem /gparted-live-0.11.0-10.iso (0xff) map --hook root (0xff) kernel /live/vmlinuz boot=live config union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=788 ip=frommedia findiso=/gparted-live-0.11.0-10.iso toram=filesystem.squashfs initrd /live/initrd.img ## What are the corresponding lines for Tails? > This is not a supported usecase, closing. [[!tag todo/done]]