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 > >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. > > Whether you can do so in general case is disputed on this forum.
Really? Where? Certainly not in the thread starting at https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/04/msg00329.html Somewhere else? A link, please. Or maybe you are thinking of some other disputed topic. > However I have done it on a Lenovo T510. No, you haven't. Read what the OP wants to do. The first post at https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/04/msg00329.html describes what you did. Not a USB stick in sight when it came to booting. -- Brian.
