I have a desktop pc with Manjaro installed, no windows, on internal ssd.
Sometimes I need to take out the ssd and boot it on external PCs like notebook, desktop…
The problem is that this internal ssd doesn’t boot as external ssd drive.
What I’m doing wrong?
SSD is efi, other PCs where I have tested are efi too.
Thank you for help.
That depends on the computer / laptop / motherboard.
Some allow it, some don’t.
More information is needed. Are you implying you put the SSD into a SATA-to-USB adapter?
In past time I used to do that with Kubuntu or some live OS via USB without any problem on various machines.
Yes, I use a SATA-to-USB adapter.
As external USB, SSD shows up only for data exchange, I can see home and root partitions on SSD, after the local ( any PCs ) OS booted up.
But as external drive, the SSD doesn’t boot.
Tank you.
Via USB? Or via SATA-to-USB? We’re just stabbing in the dark now.
Does your BIOS settings show you the SSD (plugged in with SATA-to-USB) as a selectable boot device?
You did the same exact thing with another Linux distro, with Grub installed as an EFI bootloader, using the SSD plugged into a SATA-to-USB adapter?
I use a SATA-to-USB adapter to link SSDs or HDDs to PCs.
In BIOS / UEFI I see my external SSD but if I select it for boot grub sey me it did not find any OS to boot. It shows a message more or less like: “None OS found, please select an OS to boot” , next time I write it to be more clear.
On last question I don’t remember exactly, I have tried also Kubuntu as external USB boot drive.
Systems are totally encrypted now, and Kubuntu doesn’t boot on external USB if the internal OS is the same. This is some luks encryption incompatibility.
So you do get to Manjaro’s Grub this way?
Can you post your boot configuration? It is available at /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod part_msdos
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="${saved_entry}"
fi
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}
set menu_color_normal=light-gray/black
set menu_color_highlight=green/black
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod cryptodisk
insmod luks
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_sha256
insmod ext2
cryptomount -u d2d97***
set root='cryptouuid/d2d97***'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='cryptouuid/d2d97***' 60f82***
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 60f82***
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=it_IT
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_input console
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_gpt
insmod cryptodisk
insmod luks
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_sha256
insmod ext2
cryptomount -u d2d97***
set root='cryptouuid/d2d97***'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='cryptouuid/d2d97***' 60f82***
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 60f82***
fi
insmod gfxmenu
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_12.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_14.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_16.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_24.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_48.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_bold_16.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_mono_12.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-12.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-14.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-16.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-18.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-b12.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-b14.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-b16.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-b18.pf2
insmod png
set theme=($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt
export theme
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=hidden
set timeout=5
# Fallback hidden-timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
elif sleep --interruptible 5 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Manjaro Linux' --class manjaro --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-60f82***' {
savedefault
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod cryptodisk
insmod luks
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_sha256
insmod ext2
cryptomount -u d2d97***
set root='cryptouuid/d2d97***'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='cryptouuid/d2d97***' 60f82***
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 60f82***
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64 root=UUID=60f82*** rw quiet cryptdevice=UUID=d2d97***:luks-d2d97*** root=/dev/mapper/luks-d2d97*** apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
initrd /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.15-x86_64.img
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Manjaro Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-60f82***' {
menuentry 'Manjaro Linux (Kernel: 5.15.49-1-MANJARO x64)' --class manjaro --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.15.49-1-MANJARO x64-advanced-60f82***' {
savedefault
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod cryptodisk
insmod luks
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_sha256
insmod ext2
cryptomount -u d2d97***
set root='cryptouuid/d2d97***'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='cryptouuid/d2d97***' 60f82***
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 60f82***
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64 root=UUID=60f82*** rw quiet cryptdevice=UUID=d2d97***:luks-d2d97*** root=/dev/mapper/luks-d2d97*** apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
initrd /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.15-x86_64.img
}
menuentry 'Manjaro Linux (Kernel: 5.15.49-1-MANJARO x64 - fallback initramfs)' --class manjaro --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.15.49-1-MANJARO x64-fallback-60f82***' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod cryptodisk
insmod luks
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_sha256
insmod ext2
cryptomount -u d2d97***
set root='cryptouuid/d2d97***'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='cryptouuid/d2d97***' 60f82***
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 60f82***
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64 root=UUID=60f82*** rw quiet cryptdevice=UUID=d2d97***:luks-d2d97*** root=/dev/mapper/luks-d2d97*** apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
initrd /boot/initramfs-5.15-x86_64-fallback.img
}
menuentry 'Manjaro Linux (Kernel: 5.10.124-1-MANJARO x64)' --class manjaro --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.124-1-MANJARO x64-advanced-60f82***' {
savedefault
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod cryptodisk
insmod luks
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_sha256
insmod ext2
cryptomount -u d2d97***
set root='cryptouuid/d2d97***'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='cryptouuid/d2d97***' 60f82***
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 60f82***
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 root=UUID=60f82*** rw quiet cryptdevice=UUID=d2d97***:luks-d2d97*** root=/dev/mapper/luks-d2d97*** apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
initrd /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.10-x86_64.img
}
menuentry 'Manjaro Linux (Kernel: 5.10.124-1-MANJARO x64 - fallback initramfs)' --class manjaro --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.124-1-MANJARO x64-fallback-60f82***' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod cryptodisk
insmod luks
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_rijndael
insmod gcry_sha256
insmod ext2
cryptomount -u d2d97***
set root='cryptouuid/d2d97***'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='cryptouuid/d2d97***' 60f82***
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 60f82***
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 root=UUID=60f82*** rw quiet cryptdevice=UUID=d2d97***:luks-d2d97*** root=/dev/mapper/luks-d2d97*** apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
initrd /boot/initramfs-5.10-x86_64-fallback.img
}
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
menuentry 'UEFI Firmware Settings' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' {
fwsetup
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/35_fwupd ###
### END /etc/grub.d/35_fwupd ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_snapshots-btrfs ###
### END /etc/grub.d/41_snapshots-btrfs ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###
if [ "${grub_platform}" == "pc" ]; then
menuentry "Memory Tester (memtest86+)" --class memtest86 --class gnu --class tool {
search --fs-uuid --no-floppy --set=root --hint='cryptouuid/d2d97***' 60f82***
linux16 /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
}
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###
Can anyone help me, please?
I can not understand how to do it, it is the first time that I am faced with this problem.
Manjaro isn’t designed to work like this. Other distro’s might suit this use case better.
Thank you for your explanation.
Have a ggod day.
