Howto copy debian on an usb-stick to a sd-card and boot from that?

[truehl]

Hi,
i would like to copy an existing debian on an usb-stick to a sd-card and boot the plug from this sd-card. please note that i use a sheevaplug from NewIT which is modified for UBIFS an muliboot. I think the environment variables are slightly differnt form the original witch cost me a lot of probs.

Thanks,
Thomas

[odoll]

I once used the instructions at http://computingplugs.com/index.php/Booting_entirely_off_an_external_USB_device#Copy_over_the_default_kernel_and_filesystem to move the FS from the NAND to an SD-Card. I guess you can do the same adapting it for USB-Stick to SD.

However I would even would make an easier approach: making an image (e.g. with Winimage) of my USB-Stick and put the image back to my SD.

Of course you'd need to adapt the boot parameters as well, but because the confusion I have with those myself I won't make any recommendations ;-)

[drbob49]

Hi,

I used the instructions in  http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2008/01/16/how-to-make-a-backup-image-of-an-usb-stick-or-sd-card/ to backup my SD card onto a USB stick of the same size.  The backing-up was done onto a USB hard disc connected to the Sheeva plug; the backup file was then 'bunzipped2' onto the USB stick using a linux pc - bit convoluted as I cannot connect the USB hard disc and stick to the sheeva simultaneously. 

Worked a treat - if /etc/fstab is written using UUIDs in place of /dev/sda or /dev/mmcblk0 then no changes are required - it will pick up the partitions perfectly.  All that was required was a change to the u-boot environmental parameters to pick up the USB in place of the SD card

It should would just as well going the other way.

HTH

Bob