Il giorno lun 5 apr 2021 alle ore 23:22 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@xxxxxxxxx> ha scritto: > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 10:30 AM Massimiliano <massi.ergosum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I'm trying to understand if it's possible to boot the Librem 5 from an > > external usb drive [1]. > > Fedora will boot off what ever storage the firmware supports, it also > depends on where you expect the firmware to resided. > As far I understand [1] uboot cannot read from SD card because it's attached behind an USB hub. > > I think that kexec could be a good start point. > > Not sure what kexec provides in this context. > My idea is: 1- Install Fedora on a SD card partition using virtualization 2- Insert SD card into L5 slot 3- Boot L5: the PureOS system will be loaded 4- Open a terminal as root 5- Use kexec to boot the Fedora kernel from SD card Unfortunately [1] it seems that kexec doesn't work. A different way has been proposed: configure an alternative boot using an environment variable. Not very simple indeed. Thanks [1] https://forums.puri.sm/t/multi-boot-for-other-os-in-librem-5/12701/9 [2] https://forums.puri.sm/t/multi-boot-for-other-os-in-librem-5/12701/15 _______________________________________________ arm mailing list -- arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to arm-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
