On 12/14/24 15:02, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > I was unaware, that a native installed linux is capable from booting at > the USB-port! > > I put a harddrive with linux with a native installed linux (native > means, the harddrive was built-in) in an usb-case and could boot from > it. This was nice! Thus some questions appeared: > > 1. Is this is normal standard behaviour and can this be confirmed? > > 2. Does such a booted linux behave as lin ux from built-in harddrive or > is there something I should watch?
I don't have a USB HD or a USB case in which to put a hard drive, but USB thumb drives work fine. You may have to tell your BIOS / firmware to boot from USB. It could be that the drive you're trying to use doesn't have USB drivers in its initramfs. Is it a stock image, or something custom made?
