From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 04/03/2025 21:14, druck wrote:   
   > On 26/02/2025 04:45, Dave Vandermeer wrote:   
   >> Actually I did read somewhere that it is possible. Technically you   
   >> only need   
   >> to use the SD card to boot to init, so modify your /etc/fstab to   
   >> change the   
   >> location of your root partition to the device of the USB drive.   
   >> (Theoretically, I haven't booted my Pi's in quite some time.. rapidly   
   >> losing   
   >> interest in running a BBS) ..   
   >   
   > The root filing system is determined by what is in cmdline.txt of the   
   > sdcard (or the FAT like filing system on the first device it finds).   
   > What is in /etc/fstab wont change the root filing system in use.   
   >   
   I am not so sure about that   
   At some stage during boot, fstab is used to (re) mount all partitions   
      
   I *think* that what happened in my case was that the root system was on   
   SSD., but the linux image itself was from the SD card   
      
      
      
   > ---druck   
      
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   In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.   
   In practice, there is.   
   -- Yogi Berra   
      
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