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GRUB menu entry to boot the .iso from hard disk (thanks to the included loopback.cfg):

menuentry "Garuda Sway ISO" {
    iso_path="/boot-isos/garuda-sway-linux-zen-221019.iso"
    export iso_path
    search --set=root --file $iso_path
    probe -u -s rootuuid $root
    export rootuuid
    loopback loop $iso_path
    root=(loop)
    configfile /boot/grub/loopback.cfg
    loopback --delete loop
}

Note that the disk is GPT and the .iso is on an ext4 partition.

What for?

Well, in my case, because my laptop BIOS doesn't boot from USB and it has a faulty DVD drive.
Not so sure about general usefulness to be honest, but here it is anyway.

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