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Is it possible to boot Linux with user space applications from file/image on disk?

I can copy content of any live image (for example from http://www.debian.org/CD/live/) to separate partition with any FS supported by grub and boot from it.

But how about booting from file instead of partition?

During searching I found that users name this as "Poor Man's Install" but most of them use partitions instead of single file....

gavenkoa
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    Possible duplicate of [How to boot Fedora Live CD iso from a Hard Drive?](https://superuser.com/questions/210333/how-to-boot-fedora-live-cd-iso-from-a-hard-drive) – phuclv Sep 05 '18 at 15:33
  • [Is there a Linux equivalent for VHD from which it can boot?](https://superuser.com/q/654207/241386) – phuclv Sep 05 '18 at 15:33

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MEMDISK will allow you to boot from a disk image.

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