Re: installing Debian on USB flash drive for use in many machines
On Sat 28 Nov 2015 at 12:37:12 -0800, David Christensen wrote:
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> I have installed Debian 8 amd64 onto a USB flash drive in i72600s with the
> following tasks:
>
> SSH server
> standard system utilities
>
> Very little additional software has been added.
Installing to a USB flash drive does not differ from installing to a
fixed hard disk. The same tootls would be used for trouble shooting.
> The SSD seems to work correctly in both machines.
>
> The USB flash drive seems to work correctly in i72600s.
This would indicate that what is in /e/n/i (you are using ifupdown?) is
sensible.
> But, Ethernet does not work when I put the USB flash drive in i72720qm.
Check /e/n/i. Check the logs (journalctl) for what happens with eth0 (?)
and DHCPDISCOVER. Try 'ifdown -v eth0' 'followed by 'ifup -v eth'
> I'm trying to figure out why Ethernet does not work in i72720qm when using
> the USB flash drive.
>
> My theory is that I'm missing software (device driver?) on the USB flash
> drive that is required to make Ethernet work on i72720qm.
Does the network get set up successfully from a netinst ISO on a USB
stick?
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