Sun, 21 Jan 2024 19:58:00 +0900 Masaru Nomiya <nomiya@lake.dti.ne.jp> :
Hello,
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Subject : Re: T470-w10+Tumbleweed/Slowroll Message-ID : <20240121052502.8d7ac812e879b3bd158928e2@trixtar.org> Date & Time: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 05:25:02 -0500
[BTF] == "Ben T. Fender" <slowroller@trixtar.org> has written:
BTF> Sun, 21 Jan 2024 12:30:58 +0900 BTF> Masaru Nomiya <nomiya@lake.dti.ne.jp> : [...] MN> > BTF> - is the above a workable arrangement? MN> > MN> > If you are asking if it is possible to backup and restore ssd with MN> > Windows and Tumbleweed using the dd command, the answer is "yes".
BTF> That's the good part. The rest.. I ran into some problems.
BTF> First I installed TW on a sata ssd using a usb adapter and the same BTF> partitioning scheme as for my desktop, then I stuck all my fingers up my BTF> stack all the way to my armpit; I don't know what I did but it cost me BTF> many hours to recover and it wasn't even surgery. But all is well now, BTF> all back to normal, I'm starting the T470 rodeo almost from scratch.
BTF> I made a dd copy of my entire 1tb identical ssd. Either ssd boots with BTF> grub any one of my 7 Linux systems on my desktop, the two ssd's are BTF> identical, there are no problems.
BTF> When I plug the one of the ssd's into a T470 usb port and start the BTF> alternate boot method both the on-board 256gb pci-ssd and my BTF> external 1tb e860 plugged into the usb port via a usb adapter show up BTF> in the alternate booting menu.
BTF> ATA HDD0: SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB BTF> USB HDD: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB
BTF> But... selecting MY ssd doesn't load the grub menu from it, it does BTF> nothing but relight the laptop's alternate boot menu above.
[...] BTF> The EFI partition is there for future use but is inactive. I wonder if BTF> it's mere existance is in the way and tricks the T470 into expecting to BTF> find a boot menu there?
I think this might be helpful for you;
bookmarked, but for now no cigar (all else failing I may have to do it that way eventually). I want to boot an external ssd or spinner attached to a USB port. The T470 is *supposedly* capable of this but I have to figure out how. I've tried relabeling the EFI partition to swap and wiping it, also made a DOD spinner with no EFI on it. In BIOS I've tried the different ways of either prioritizing the external for USB boot or breaking into the normal boot for the alternative USB boot list. Nothing works.