Subj : Re: How to boot from SD but run from USB?
To   : Dennis Slagers
From : druck
Date : Fri Jan 24 2025 21:38:10

On 23/01/2025 17:42, Dennis Slagers wrote:
> Maybe this is useful
>
> https://aroundmyroom.com/2018/07/28/update-boot-from-usb-with-hp-microserver-
> gen8-and-openmediavault/
>
> and gives you hints
>
> I own some HP Gen8 Microservers where you cannot boot (depends on how you want
> to use the HDD's) from the ODD port, but you can use it to have a disk
> connected to it for further use
>
> So the trick is to boot from your SD and than tell Grub that it has to use that
> device for the rest
> so the USB disk (in my instance) was only getting start and than go further to
> the SATA
>
> But it should not matter if that is SD or USB whatever..

This is completely inappropriate for a Raspberry Pi, which does not boot
like a PC using grub.

> If you start chatgpt.com  ..
> and ask a question like
>
> how to start from an SD card (initial boot) on a raspberry pi and than the rest
> through grub starting to the USB ?
>
> you get also an answer you might be able to use

More bad advice.

See later in this thread for the actual answer.

---druck

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