Re: [44net] Raspberry Pi

Indeed, if you put the /boot on the SD and make sure you use and initrd that has USB support that has been loaded by the time the kernel will mount the root device, you can use the USB disk for all the rest. On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:26 PM, K7VE - John &lt;k7ve(a)k7ve.org&gt; wrote: > (Please trim inclusions from previous messages) > _______________________________________________ > Yes, the Pi boots from the SD, but one can put files on an attached drive, > especially swap, database, and logs. With a little configuration one could > probably put everything except the boot configuration on an external drive > and never write to the SD. > > > ------------------------------ > John D. Hays > K7VE > PO Box 1223, Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 > <http://k7ve.org/blog> <http://twitter.com/#!/john_hays> > <http://www.facebook.com/john.d.hays> > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:05 PM, &lt;sp2lob(a)tlen.pl&gt; wrote: > >> (Please trim inclusions from previous messages) >> ______________________________**_________________ >> SD card is the _must_ for Pi to boot... >> To my knowledge - there is no other choice. >> >> Best regards. >> Tom - sp2lob >> >> ______________________________**___________ >> 44Net mailing list >> 44Net(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu >> http://hamradio.ucsd.edu/**mailman/listinfo/44net<http://hamradio.ucsd.e… >> http://www.ampr.org/donate.**html <http://www.ampr.org/donate.html> >> >