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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 04:05:45
Message-Id: X+LCCPYURbz00iDI@waltdnes.org
1 Situation; I have a Dell XPS8940 with that abomination known as UEFI,
2 and no "legacy boot". UEFI claims there are no bootable partitions on
3 the hard drive (/dev/sda). Yet it will automatically boot up properly
4 from a USB key (/dev/sdb) with Gentoo minimal install. Question; is it
5 possible to install grub/lilo/syslinux/whatever on the USB key
6 (/dev/sdb) so that it boots up and hands off control of the boot process
7 to the hard drive (/dev/sda1)?
8
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10 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
11 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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[gentoo-user] Re: Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible? Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Is a USB-key-to-hard-drive-tap-dance-boot possible? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>