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yeti  wrote:
> Chris Green  wrote:
>
> > Is it simply a matter of leaving /boot on the SD card and changing /
> > to being a USB drive or does one need to edit something in /boot
> > somewhere?
>
> That would work, but I think there is an even simpler way:
>
> Put only "bootcode.bin" on a FAT partition on the SD and a complete OS
> image on the USB drive.
>
> When you see "/boot/bootcode.bin" on your USB drive being updated,
> update the other one too.  A script for that should not need dark magic,
> but it still is on my to do list.
>
I know it had to be pretty simple! :-)  I have some other old Pi
systems lying around here so I can try it on them.  The Pi that I
actually want to do this on is in France and I won't be there for a
couple of weeks.

A script to update the bootcode.bin on the FAT drive should be pretty
simple, just put it in /etc/rc.local and it will be run every time you
boot.  It won't matter running it if /boot/bootcode.bin hasn't been
updated, though I suppose you might complain that it's writing to the
SD card unnecessarily.  OK, use rsync and the file will only be
written if it has changed.

--
Chris Green
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