Re: How to boot from SD but run from US

On 26/02/2025 04:45, Dave Vandermeer wrote:

dr> This is completely inappropriate for a Raspberry Pi, which does not

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  >  dr> boot like a PC using grub.
   > oeps.. my bad ..
   > So the maybe is: do not try this ..
   > Thanks for correcting me.
 Actually I did read somewhere that it is possible. Technically you only need
to use the SD card to boot to init, so modify your /etc/fstab to change the
location of your root partition to the device of the USB drive.
(Theoretically, I haven't booted my Pi's in quite some time.. rapidly losing
interest in running a BBS) ..
 

I ended up inadvertently doing this when my Pi wouldn't boot from SSD.
It works, but it's awfully messy.
The SSD had a perfectly fine root partition, but the vfat one was borked somehow.
Cant remember how I deborked it, but it runs fine now...
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