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

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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 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.
> 
> You need the bootloader on the usb stick (grub). The bootloader would pass
> the loading of the kernel and initrd to the device where it is located. So
> it is advisable to put your boot directory on the usb stick as well. When
> you create the initrd, you should enable/include the drivers for the card
> reader, so that the boot process may find the root file system and start
> init/systemd 

Would creating an initrd really be necessary?

-- 
Brian.

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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
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                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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