Monday, December 22, 2025

USB SSD RPi boot update


 I have settled on a new and more efficient way to get the RPi to boot from a SSD on a USB3 port.


-Install Bookworm 12 - Desktop, on an SD card. Remember to check options in Raspberry Pi Imager.

-Run the RPi with the SD card.

-Run Rasp-config 

    set Interface/VNC on.

    set Advanced/Bootloader to latest

    set Advanced/Boot order to NvME/USB firat

-Finish and reboot

-Copy all files to the RPi and get the final system up and running.

-Open VNC on a PC

-Open the Chromium Accessories menu and run the "SD Card Copier" with the SSD attached to a USB3 port.

-Reboot the RPi fromShutdown the RPi and remove the SD card a CMD and check the SSD is root

-Optional: Use Win32 Imager to make an image of the SD card. Such an image cannot be made of the SSD which would be 500Gb.



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USB SSD RPi boot update

 I have settled on a new and more efficient way to get the RPi to boot from a SSD on a USB3 port. -Install Bookworm 12 - Desktop, on an SD c...