Roland0 wrote:

Some more ideas:
- try booting a regular Linux distribution from USB to see if the issue
is specific to Daphile

Not only can I boot from other Linux distros via USB, I can also boot
the installer Daphile from USB, as well as boot from the final install
of Daphile on USB if I restart from the installer of Daphile from USB. 
The issue appears to be from the final installed version of Daphile on
USB, and how it it set up to boot.  I know I'm just missing something.


Roland0 wrote:
- try booting with UEFI

That is not possible with this netbook.  If one does that, USB booting
is not an available option.  Legacy must be enabled for USB boot.


Roland0 wrote:
- try running GRUB from the internal disk and using it to start Daphile
from USB 

The Dell Mini 9 is actually a wonderful little machine.  That said - it
uses a weird PCI-Express IDE/PATA interface SM1 for its SSD.  They are
expensive to replace - a 64GB model goes for about $65.  For that price,
this machine is a throwaway.  While the internal 16GB SSD functions, it
is 12 years old and I'd rather keep it functional for a few more years,
extending the life of the machine by running Daphile from a far more
cost-effective external drive.  Hence, even for testing I'm avoiding use
of the internal drive as a workaround and attempting to do this all from
external USB drives. 

I *could* install something like LXLE on an external drive and then
install Logitech Media Server on top of that.  However, running
something like Daphile that's been purpose-built for the sole reason to
run a custom version of LMS which suits my needs perfectly and thus uses
a minimal OS install - and thus minimal resources - truly seems like the
way to go.

I thought about using Tiny Core OS and installing LMS on that, but after
reading through various threads:

http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=19440.0

https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?105171-LMS-on-TinyCore/page2

https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?111171-I-need-a-very-small-linux-to-run-LMS-on-PC

Daphile really seems the way to go, especially since there's a 32-bit
distro of it (this netbook is 32-bit, otherwise I might have gone with
VortexBox.  While there is a 32-bit version of VirtexBox, it's really
old -
https://www.vortexbox.org/forum/support/217-vortexbox-will-there-ever-be-another-32-bit-version
-  the 32-bit version of Daphile is current).


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