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ading2210 / shimboot

Boot a desktop Linux distribution from a Chrome OS RMA shim.
https://shimboot.ading.dev
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Booting without usb #15

Closed Jewel-the-cat closed 2 months ago

Jewel-the-cat commented 3 months ago

Question Is it possible to boot this without having the USB plugged in? I can boot into and use Linux using Shimboot but I can't keep it running or boot it without the USB plugged in.

bananstache commented 3 months ago

"Can I unplug the USB drive while using Debian? By default, this is not possible. However, you can simply copy your Debian rootfs onto your internal storage by first using fdisk to repartition it, using dd to copy the partition, and resize2fs to have it take up the entire drive. In the future, loading the OS to RAM may be supported, but this isn't a priority at the moment."

Edit: Sorry, my bad I didn't understand the question. But I do not think this is possible because in order to boot into it, you need to go to recovery mode. Recovery mode requires a USB/SD card.

ading2210 commented 2 months ago

The USB/SD card is required to start Shimboot no matter what. However if your Linux install is on the internal storage, you can unplug the USB after it is booted.