[TriLUG] SOLVED Re: booting off usbstick

[Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG]

On Sat, 11 Jul 2020, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

> So I made the generic initrd (which I've never needed to use), using the 
> supplied script, and this time the kernel stops with
>
> can't mount /dev/sda1 on /mnt
>
> and drops me into a shell. This is a step forward.

I figured that usb_storage.ko had to be added to the initrd. Now the machine 
boots with just a usbstick or a sata drive plugged into the usb connector.

It's slower than I hoped with many pauses on boot and shut down. As well editing 
with vi has pauses. I assume things have to be read or written while I'm 
editing. The connector is only usb 2.0, so I'm not going to have great speed 
here, even if I get a fast usb stick.

Still I'll see what I can do to handle the latency. Any suggestions? (I don't 
care about booting or shutdown. I hope only to do that once a year or so.)

Thanks joe

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