Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

Błażej Popławski wrote: > I saw that someone wrote, that the drivers for SD are loaded at the > booting time, so I assume that it should be straightforward: install > OS (Debian) on SD with /boot and bootloader on USB stick. Without any > additional work. We've said that boot should be on USB as

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

2017-05-13 14:28 GMT+02:00 Brian : > On Sat 13 May 2017 at 05:36:56 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> On 05/13/2017 04:59 AM, Brian wrote: >> >On Fri 12 May 2017 at 09:08:50 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: >> > >> >>In your case "Why install part of the OS to the SD card if you

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

2017-05-13 20:44 GMT+02:00 Brian : > > On Sat 13 May 2017 at 13:07:31 +0200, Błażej Popławski wrote: > > > I don't have to do this for purpose. I was just wondering if it can be done > > without much work spent on it. > > > > This laptop is an old Toshiba Satellite A300. > >

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On Sat 13 May 2017 at 13:07:31 +0200, Błażej Popławski wrote: > I don't have to do this for purpose. I was just wondering if it can be done > without much work spent on it. > > This laptop is an old Toshiba Satellite A300. > Main OS is Win7. > I have plenty of space on my hard drive. As I wrote,

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On Sat 13 May 2017 at 05:36:56 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/13/2017 04:59 AM, Brian wrote: > >On Fri 12 May 2017 at 09:08:50 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >>In your case "Why install part of the OS to the SD card if you have to have > >>the flash drive at all times to launch the OS?"

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On Sat 13 May 2017 at 14:09:09 +0200, deloptes wrote: > Brian wrote: > > > it will work for Debian. The answer is "probably" but it is questionable > > whether the advice to alter the initrd on the SD card need be followed. > > Perhaps it was necessary for the Ubuntu kernel at the time the

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On Sat 13 May 2017 at 12:33:38 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 13/05/2017 à 11:56, Brian a écrit : > > > >The OP wonders if > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromSD > > > >it will work for Debian. The answer is "probably" but it is questionable > >whether the advice to alter the

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

Brian wrote: > it will work for Debian. The answer is "probably" but it is questionable > whether the advice to alter the initrd on the SD card need be followed. > Perhaps it was necessary for the Ubuntu kernel at the time the article > was written. The hardware involved would have to be known to

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

Le 13/05/2017 à 13:07, Błażej Popławski a écrit : I don't have to do this for purpose. I was just wondering if it can be done without much work spent on it. This laptop is an old Toshiba Satellite A300. Main OS is Win7. I have plenty of space on my hard drive. As I wrote, I'm just curious about

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

I don't have to do this for purpose. I was just wondering if it can be done without much work spent on it. This laptop is an old Toshiba Satellite A300. Main OS is Win7. I have plenty of space on my hard drive. As I wrote, I'm just curious about the answer. 2017-05-12 16:08 GMT+02:00 Richard

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On 05/13/2017 04:59 AM, Brian wrote: On Fri 12 May 2017 at 09:08:50 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: In your case "Why install part of the OS to the SD card if you have to have the flash drive at all times to launch the OS?" In your case "Why install part of the OS to the SD card if you have to

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

Le 13/05/2017 à 11:56, Brian a écrit : The OP wonders if https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromSD it will work for Debian. The answer is "probably" but it is questionable whether the advice to alter the initrd on the SD card need be followed. Perhaps it was necessary for the Ubuntu

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On Fri 12 May 2017 at 09:08:50 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > In your case "Why install part of the OS to the SD card if you have to have > the flash drive at all times to launch the OS?" In your case "Why install part of the OS to the SD card if you have to have the hard disk drive at all times

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On Fri 12 May 2017 at 23:34:05 +0200, deloptes wrote: > Brian wrote: > > > So, the question remains. Is creating an initrd on Debian really > > necessary? > > I am not at 100% sure, but AFAIK when you install the kernel mkinitramfs or > update-initramfs would add the modules already used by the

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

Brian wrote: > So, the question remains. Is creating an initrd on Debian really > necessary? I am not at 100% sure, but AFAIK when you install the kernel mkinitramfs or update-initramfs would add the modules already used by the kernel at the moment of creation of the initrd. This could explain a

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On 05/12/2017 02:27 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 12 May 2017 at 19:31:16 +0200, deloptes wrote: Brian wrote: Would creating an initrd really be necessary? Using stock kernel in most cases yes. Using custom kernel, you can compile the modules in and won't need initrd. Richard Owlett

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On Fri 12 May 2017 at 19:31:16 +0200, deloptes wrote: > Brian wrote: > > > Would creating an initrd really be necessary? > > Using stock kernel in most cases yes. Using custom kernel, you can compile > the modules in and won't need initrd. Richard Owlett accomplished it without anything

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

Brian wrote: > Would creating an initrd really be necessary? Using stock kernel in most cases yes. Using custom kernel, you can compile the modules in and won't need initrd.

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On 05/11/2017 03:58 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 05/11/2017 03:44 PM, Błażej Popławski wrote: I have a laptop which allows for booting from USB sticks but not from internal SD card reader. Is it possible to install Debian on SD card with /boot catalog and bootloader on USB stick in such a way

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On Thu 11 May 2017 at 23:04:29 +0200, deloptes wrote: > Błażej Popławski wrote: > > > I have a laptop which allows for booting from USB sticks but not from > > internal SD card reader. > > Is it possible to install Debian on SD card with /boot catalog and > > bootloader on USB stick in such a

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On Fri 12 May 2017 at 01:03:55 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Thu 11 May 2017 at 15:58:09 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: [] > > However I have done it on a Lenovo T510. > > No, you haven't. Read what the OP wants to do. The first post at > >

Re: Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

The author had to write some short header, so he couldn't use to much words. Maybe it should be written somehow like that: How to install and run your OS on SD card when your PC doesn't allow for booting from it. :)

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On Thu 11 May 2017 at 15:58:09 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/11/2017 03:44 PM, Błażej Popławski wrote: > >I have a laptop which allows for booting from USB sticks but not from > >internal > >SD card reader. > >Is it possible to install Debian on SD card with /boot catalog and bootloader

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On Thu 11 May 2017 at 15:58:09 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/11/2017 03:44 PM, Błażej Popławski wrote: > >I have a laptop which allows for booting from USB sticks but not from > >internal > >SD card reader. > >Is it possible to install Debian on SD card with /boot catalog and bootloader >

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On 12/05/17 10:58, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 11 May 2017 21:58:09 Richard Owlett wrote: FromSD) and I'm wondering if it will work for Debian. Your URL is garbled. I tried some quick fixes but didn't work. Works fine for me. :-/ Lisi The original

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On Thursday 11 May 2017 21:58:09 Richard Owlett wrote: > > FromSD) and I'm wondering if it > > will work for Debian. > > Your URL is garbled. I tried some quick fixes but didn't work. Works fine for me. :-/ Lisi

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

Błażej Popławski wrote: > I have a laptop which allows for booting from USB sticks but not from > internal SD card reader. > Is it possible to install Debian on SD card with /boot catalog and > bootloader on USB stick in such a way that it would work? I mean: boot > Debian from USB stick, but the

Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

On 05/11/2017 03:44 PM, Błażej Popławski wrote: I have a laptop which allows for booting from USB sticks but not from internal SD card reader. Is it possible to install Debian on SD card with /boot catalog and bootloader on USB stick in such a way that it would work? I mean: boot Debian from USB

How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick?

I have a laptop which allows for booting from USB sticks but not from internal SD card reader. Is it possible to install Debian on SD card with /boot catalog and bootloader on USB stick in such a way that it would work? I mean: boot Debian from USB stick, but the whole system will be installed and