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 initrd on the SD card need be followed. > >Perhaps it was necessary for the Ubuntu kernel at the time the article > >was written. > > Not the kernel, but the default initramfs.
Indeed. > I seem to remember reading a recent post reporting that a SD/MMC driver was > missing in the default Debian initramfs. Now fixed. > >Debian would need to be installed to the SD card and the *same" Debian > >installed to the USB stick. > > Debian does not need to be installed on the USB stick. Only /boot and the > boot loader. Fair enough, but d-i is a quick, painless and friendly method to achieve the same objective and keep stick and card in sync with updates. -- Brian.
