[TriLUG] booting off usbstick

[Cristóbal Palmer via TriLUG]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 4:56 PM Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> I want to boot off a usb stick on a usb connector internal to a computer, so I
> can use all the drive bays for storage.

I think the second half of this sentence is the most important: you
want to use all the drive bays for storage. It only follows that you
want to use the USB stick if your motherboard limits you to that as a
point of attaching storage that is not coming from one of the SATA
cables to the drive bays. USB is a bad option for your boot disk for
most OSes. Do you have an open PCIe slot? Even if your motherboard
does in fact limit you in that way, you could take a step back and
consider swapping out the motherboard for something with M.2. Here's a
URL with a limited search (in stock, one brand--MSI, AMD socket,
shipped by the site, has 2x M2, etc.) that shows you the range of form
factors and prices:
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007625%2050001312%204814%208000%204841%204131%20600567794

I understand I'm not answering the question you asked. If you are not
interested in the potential routes I'm pointing to, I totally get it.
My suggestions aren't precious. I'm just coming at this as somebody
who has run a lab with six desks long enough to have lifecycled
everything more than once, and when I find myself fighting to
configure a workstation system, it has paid to take a step back and
ask if my assumptions are still valid.

Cheers,
-- 
Cristóbal Palmer
cmpalmer.org