Re: Debian Installer and USB hard drive

[Brian M Dube <brian.dube@gmail.com>]

On 12/10/05, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> 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.
> > ---
> >
> > 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
>

Thanks for the reply. From the FAQ, what would the step "chroot into
your installation and execute your boot-loader" do, if not load the
kernel referenced there?

Brian Dube