[SOLVED] Slackware 15 - NVME clone to external NVME - Boot problem from external NVME

enorbet · 10-15-2022, 09:34 AM

Since the two systems were identical, is there ever likely to be a time when booting either/or is needed in quick succession, or only rarely? If it's only rarely, then why not, in addition to unique UUIDs or LABELs, eliminate any deal breakers by turning off the internal NVME port on the rare occasion when you actually need to boot the external version on the same PC. If I am way off base because I'm hard=pressed to understand the need to boot a cloned system on the same PC that still has the original, then just ignore this.

Klaus150 · 10-15-2022, 11:16 AM

enorbet
I understand your question and you are certainly right: you do not use a clone as an external USB device.
But I wanted to "experiment", especially for the reason that Slackware is not so easy to boot as a USB device.
I give up because I do not manage to create a MKINITRD with USB storage on the external USB via the boot Slackware ISO.
Thanks in any case to all who helped.

colorpurple21859 · 10-15-2022, 08:55 PM

If you're using elilo did you copy the new initrd.gz to efi partition?

enorbet · 10-15-2022, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Klaus150

enorbet
I understand your question and you are certainly right: you do not use a clone as an external USB device.
But I wanted to "experiment", especially for the reason that Slackware is not so easy to boot as a USB device.
I give up because I do not manage to create a MKINITRD with USB storage on the external USB via the boot Slackware ISO.
Thanks in any case to all who helped.

To be more clear than I probably was, you CAN boot a clone on an external storage but it seems to me there would be less hoops to jump through if the system temporarily couldn't see the original thus avoiding confusion. I've not experienced Slackware having problems booting from USB outside of having to make a clear choice via Boot Order Menu on systems with both UEFI and Legacy boot enabled.

Klaus150 · 10-16-2022, 03:26 PM

colorpurple21859--

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if you're using elilo did you copy the new initrd.gz to efi partition?

No, I don't use ELIO, but GRUB.

colorpurple21859 · 10-16-2022, 04:29 PM

May have to add rootdelay=15 to the linux line due to the usb, other than that I don't have any more ideas at the moment other than something not right in the initrd.gz.