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   druck to Dennis Slagers   
   Re: How to boot from SD but run from USB   
   24 Jan 25 21:38:10   
   
   From: news@druck.org.uk   
      
   On 23/01/2025 17:42, Dennis Slagers wrote:   
   > Maybe this is useful   
   >   
   > https://aroundmyroom.com/2018/07/28/update-boot-from-usb-with-hp-microserver-   
   > gen8-and-openmediavault/   
   >   
   > and gives you hints   
   >   
   > I own some HP Gen8 Microservers where you cannot boot (depends on how you   
   want   
   > to use the HDD's) from the ODD port, but you can use it to have a disk   
   > connected to it for further use   
   >   
   > So the trick is to boot from your SD and than tell Grub that it has to use   
   that   
   > device for the rest   
   > so the USB disk (in my instance) was only getting start and than go further   
   to   
   > the SATA   
   >   
   > But it should not matter if that is SD or USB whatever..   
      
   This is completely inappropriate for a Raspberry Pi, which does not boot   
   like a PC using grub.   
      
   > If you start chatgpt.com  ..   
   > and ask a question like   
   >   
   > how to start from an SD card (initial boot) on a raspberry pi and than the   
   rest   
   > through grub starting to the USB ?   
   >   
   > you get also an answer you might be able to use   
      
   More bad advice.   
      
   See later in this thread for the actual answer.   
      
   ---druck   
      
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