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Re: Installation "Bullseye"

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On Mi, 09 feb 22, 15:51:13, piorunz wrote:
> On 09/02/2022 15:13, Dynosaw wrote:
> > 2. Is it possible to install Debian-11 on an external,
> >      pluggable, medium  such as a USB-pendrive or
> >      a USB-harddisk?
> >      Please note: I'm NOT talking about making a
> >      "live USB" with dd. I mean a full, upgradable,
> >      installation.
> >      If so, can anybody point me at a how-2 or othe dox.
> 
> Of course. Any Linux can do that, and I've been doing it for years.
> Install from one USB stick, and select USB second stick as your target
> hard drive. Then, boot from your second stick which will become your
> main hard drive from this point.
> Be aware of UEFI limitations though, your USB stick may not be bootable
> under UEFI mode, but under BIOS/Legacy mode it certainly will.

For buggy UEFI Firmware it might help to install GRUB to the removable 
media path:

https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI#Force_grub-efi_installation_to_the_removable_media_path

(this is probably a good idea anyway if the USB stick is meant to be 
used on several different computers)

Kind regards,
Andrei
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Installation "Bullseye" Dynosaw <dynosaw3@zeelandnet.nl> - 2022-02-09 16:40 +0100
  Re: Installation "Bullseye" Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-02-09 16:50 +0100
  Re: Installation "Bullseye" piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2022-02-09 17:00 +0100
    Re: Installation "Bullseye" Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-02-09 20:30 +0100
  Re: Installation "Bullseye" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-02-09 17:00 +0100
    Re: Installation "Bullseye" notoneofmyseeds <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de> - 2022-02-09 17:10 +0100

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