On Sat 15 Apr 2017 at 11:52:09 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 04/15/2017 05:24 AM, Brian wrote: > > > >Now for a big "but". :) > > > >Your previous 'Debian GNU/Linux (8.6) (on /dev/mmcblk0p1)' stanza had > > > > linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-686-pae root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 > > > >This one has > > > > linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-686-pae > > root=UUID=e57b2c64-74ec-4184-af71-d807e07f07dd ro quiet > > > >The UUID has changed (I think you said you had done this) but the kernel > >now looks for init using the UUID rather than on /dev/mmcblk0p1. How did > >you manage to get something significantly different? > > During the first install of Debian to the SD card I allowed the installer to > create a single partition filling the whole card. The primary purpose of > that install was a brute force determination of whether or not my individual > machine could read/write an SD card. The machine was a replacement for a > different used machine purchased from the vendor. My accepting the SD card > was dependent on that test. > > I had reinstalled Debian to a more reasonably sized partition. That would > explain a changed UUID. During the reinstall I experimented with installing > grub to the MBR of the SD card. No grub was installed the first time.
The UUID change is understandable. But hey - you've altered the ground rules! Now, it seems, you are exploring booting from the card itself rather than from GRUB on a hard disk. > >And, more to the point, is there booting from the card without any error > >messages? Did you overlook this question? You have said your machine does not offer booting from an SD card. Your answer will be interesting. -- Brian.
