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

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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 Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>:

> 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 that it would work? I mean: boot Debian
>>> from USB
>>> stick, but the whole system will be installed and will run from SD
>>> card inserted
>>> in internal SD card reader?
>>> I've found such solution for Ubuntu
>>> (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot
>>> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot=>FromSD) and I'm wondering if it
>>> will work for Debian.
>>>
>>>
>> Your URL is garbled. I tried some quick fixes but didn't work.
>>
>
> As mentioned elsewhere in this thread the original URL should have been
> shown as <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromSD>.
>
>
>> Whether you can do so in general case is disputed on this forum.
>> However I have done it on a Lenovo T510.
>> I'll post more later, am hot on trail of documenting a bug, if not
>> solving it.
>>
>
> I've given the referenced article an initial read.
> I can not comment on the details as that is not how I did it.
> It does raise two important questions:
>   1. Why do it?
>   2. Why do it in a specific manner?
>
> In that author's case he gives a partial answer to the first and none for
> the second.
>
> In my case I needed a test to demonstrate whether or not a particular SD
> could/would function in a recently purchased *USED* laptop with an unknown
> history.
> As I said in https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/04/msg00329.html
>   "... the agreement with the store was if the card did not work in
>    this machine I would not have to purchase it. My acceptance test
>    was to install Jessie using a flash drive with DVD 1 of 13 of
>    Debian 8.6.0."
>
> 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?"
>
> Other questions that could lead to better answers:
> What is the specific laptop?
> What is the current OS?
> How much free space is on the hard-drive?
> How important is speed? {In my particular case I found running from the
> flash drive significantly faster than running from the SD card.}
>
> HTH
>
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How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Błażej Popławski <blazejpop@wp.pl> - 2017-05-11 22:50 +0200
  Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-11 23:00 +0200
    Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-05-12 01:00 +0200
      Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-05-12 01:20 +0200
    Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-12 02:10 +0200
      Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-12 14:50 +0200
    Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-12 02:40 +0200
    Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-12 16:10 +0200
      Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-13 12:00 +0200
        Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-13 12:40 +0200
          Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-13 14:30 +0200
            Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Błażej Popławski <blazejpop@wp.pl> - 2017-05-14 10:20 +0200
      Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Błażej Popławski <blazejpop@wp.pl> - 2017-05-13 13:10 +0200
        Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-05-13 13:30 +0200
        Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-13 20:50 +0200
          Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Błażej Popławski <blazejpop@wp.pl> - 2017-05-14 10:20 +0200
            Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-05-15 09:00 +0200
  Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-05-11 23:10 +0200
    Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-12 15:00 +0200
      Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-05-12 19:40 +0200
        Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-12 21:30 +0200
          Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-12 21:50 +0200
          Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-05-12 23:40 +0200
            Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-13 12:00 +0200
              Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-05-13 12:40 +0200
                Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-13 14:20 +0200
              Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-05-13 14:10 +0200
                Re: How to run Debian from SD card but booting from USB stick? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-13 14:30 +0200

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