Re: Debian Installer and USB hard drive
On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 12:57:33PM -0600, Brian M Dube wrote:
> Hello,
>
> >From the Debian Installer FAQ:
> ---
> And you can also use d-i to boot your system to chroot into your
> installation and execute your boot-loader (grub, lilo, yaboot, ...) if
> you cannot boot from hard disk any more.
> ---
>
> I have a Debian testing installation with a failing hard drive. Before
> I replace it with another internal IDE drive, I'm looking into USB
> storage. I'm not able to boot from USB and I don't want to make a new
> boot CD for every kernel recompilation. Does the above quote from the
> FAQ mean that I could use the netinst CD to boot whatever kernel I
> have configured on the USB medium? If so, would I need an internal
> hard drive at all?
grub on a floppy would work I suspect, but then again maybe it wouldn't.
The cd can only boot the kernel on the cd, not the kernel on your usb
drive.
Len Sorensen
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