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|    Dave Vandermeer to Dennis Slagers    |
|    How to boot from SD but run from US    |
|    26 Feb 25 17:45:00    |
      REPLY: 2:280/2060 6794a72d       MSGID: 1:229/275 010aa596       PID: EleBBS/W32 v20120208.d       > dr> This is completely inappropriate for a Raspberry Pi, which does not              ot        > dr> boot like a PC using grub.               > oeps.. my bad ..               > So the maybe is: do not try this ..               > Thanks for correcting me.              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) ..               ---        * Origin: Internal Dimension [telnet://bbs.idbbs.ca] (1:229/275)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/305 153/7715 154/110 218/700 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 111 114 200 206 275 300 317 400 426 428 470       SEEN-BY: 229/550 616 664 700 705 266/512 291/111 292/854 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 902/26 2320/105 5020/400       SEEN-BY: 5075/35       PATH: 229/275 426           |
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