Pi External rootfs

Using a GPT partition table.

apt-get install gdisk rsync parted
parted  /dev/sda mklabel gpt 
parted  --align optimal /dev/sda mkpart primary ext4 0% 100% 
mkfs -t ext4 -L rootfs /dev/sda1
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt 
rsync -axv / /mnt
blkid /dev/sda1 | awk '{print $6}'
nano /boot/cmdline.txt 
root=PARTUUID=.......    rootdelay=5
reboot

 

Using a MBR partition table.

apt-get install gdisk rsync parted
parted  /dev/sda mklabel msdos
parted  --align optimal /dev/sda mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%
mkfs -t ext4 -L rootfs /dev/sda1
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
rsync -axv / /mnt
blkid /dev/sda1 | awk '{print $3}'
nano /boot/cmdline.txt
root=UUID=.......    rootdelay=5
mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.sda
nano /boot/config.txt
initramfs initrd.sda followkernel
reboot

 

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