On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 10:18:36PM +0200, Pantelis Papadopoulos wrote: > Thanks for your reply. > On the website of the external USB 3.0 adapter states that it supports > various Linux kernels. > So, I suppose that the kernel of Debian 13 could support it. > > Do your guide steps lead to booting from USB 3.0 disk on the USB 3.0 adapter > and having USB 3.0 speeds in general?
We can't boot from the USB3, since the drivers are not available until the boot is done (i.e. the kernel loaded). > Do they include: > - kernel + initramfs on USB 2.0 and root filesystem on USB 3.0? > or > - kexec (boot minimal Linux on USB 2.0, then jump to USB 3.0 kernel)? I would try the first route. I currently don't see any advantage to the second (in both cases you depend on your USB2 drive to boot). > You may tell me the details of your guide steps and I will see what I could > try with that. I proposed first to try a Debian live or installer on your USB2 to make sure the kernel coming with it can talk to your USB3 hardware. For example: if you start the Debian installer off the USB2: does it offer the USB3 drive as one possible install target? In that case the drivers would be there. I haven't got a ready-made instruction manual per se, but we can take it from here with the help of others :) Cheers -- tomás
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