Brian wrote: > songbird wrote: > >> what i would do for grins is unplug the >> devices other than the SSD and the installation >> media and then do a base system (simple install >> - not expert) and see what the installer does >> detect and writes in the fstab and grub menu >> (it may even boot). you may then use those > > This is cargo cult.
thus my expression "for grins". ;) i noticed my own lack of previous comprehension as i thought all along the OP was putting things on an SSD device and not a SD chip. my SD reader is on a USB header device with many other things. maybe grub needs something provided by the modules: usbms, ehci, uhci or ohci? these can be tested at the command line and then doing ls -l to see if the device shows up or not... > simple install=some control of d-i. > expert install=total control of d-i. > > In both cases the OP does not want to install a boot loader to the > device. dd can get rid of it easily enough. i think the possible confusion for a more ancient machine may be cleared up enough to get workable bits. how we get to workable bits may be a different route, but in the end if they work we have gotten to the cheese in this particular maze of twisty-turny passages even if they all look alike (1's and 0's). songbird
