I don't have to do this for purpose. I was just wondering if it can be done without much work spent on it.
This laptop is an old Toshiba Satellite A300. Main OS is Win7. I have plenty of space on my hard drive. As I wrote, I'm just curious about the answer. 2017-05-12 16:08 GMT+02:00 Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net>: > On 05/11/2017 03:58 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> On 05/11/2017 03:44 PM, Błażej Popławski wrote: >> >>> I have a laptop which allows for booting from USB sticks but not from >>> internal >>> SD card reader. >>> Is it possible to install Debian on SD card with /boot catalog and >>> bootloader >>> on USB stick in such a way that it would work? I mean: boot Debian >>> from USB >>> stick, but the whole system will be installed and will run from SD >>> card inserted >>> in internal SD card reader? >>> I've found such solution for Ubuntu >>> (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot >>> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot=>FromSD) and I'm wondering if it >>> will work for Debian. >>> >>> >> Your URL is garbled. I tried some quick fixes but didn't work. >> > > As mentioned elsewhere in this thread the original URL should have been > shown as <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromSD>. > > >> Whether you can do so in general case is disputed on this forum. >> However I have done it on a Lenovo T510. >> I'll post more later, am hot on trail of documenting a bug, if not >> solving it. >> > > I've given the referenced article an initial read. > I can not comment on the details as that is not how I did it. > It does raise two important questions: > 1. Why do it? > 2. Why do it in a specific manner? > > In that author's case he gives a partial answer to the first and none for > the second. > > In my case I needed a test to demonstrate whether or not a particular SD > could/would function in a recently purchased *USED* laptop with an unknown > history. > As I said in https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/04/msg00329.html > "... the agreement with the store was if the card did not work in > this machine I would not have to purchase it. My acceptance test > was to install Jessie using a flash drive with DVD 1 of 13 of > Debian 8.6.0." > > In your case "Why install part of the OS to the SD card if you have to > have the flash drive at all times to launch the OS?" > > Other questions that could lead to better answers: > What is the specific laptop? > What is the current OS? > How much free space is on the hard-drive? > How important is speed? {In my particular case I found running from the > flash drive significantly faster than running from the SD card.} > > HTH > > > > > > >
