https://baranoski.ca/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Booting_A_Raspberry_Pi_From_USB 2026-04-19T14:08:21Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.1 https://baranoski.ca/index.php?title=Booting_A_Raspberry_Pi_From_USB&diff=485&oldid=prev 2021-01-31T00:53:53Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:53, 31 January 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A Raspberry Pi can be booted from a USB drive.  This is helpful if you have a really fast USB SSD drive.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A Raspberry Pi can be booted from a USB drive.  This is helpful if you have a really fast USB SSD drive.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ensure your bootloader firmware is dated <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</del>Sep 3 2020 or later.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ensure your bootloader firmware is dated Sep 3 2020 or later.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;PRE style=&quot;color:white;background-color:black;font-weight:bold;font-size:1.2em;&quot;&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;PRE style=&quot;color:white;background-color:black;font-weight:bold;font-size:1.2em;&quot;&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>pi@raspberrypi:~ $ vcgencmd bootloader_version</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>pi@raspberrypi:~ $ vcgencmd bootloader_version</div></td></tr> </table>

Casey https://baranoski.ca/index.php?title=Booting_A_Raspberry_Pi_From_USB&diff=484&oldid=prev 2021-01-07T17:20:10Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:20, 7 January 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l13" >Line 13:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 13:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;/PRE&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;/PRE&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If that all checks out, image a hard drive just like how you would an SD card.  For example, Balena Etcher can image a USB hard drive instead of an SD card.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If that all checks out, image a hard drive just like how you would an SD card.  For example, Balena Etcher can image a USB hard drive instead of an SD card<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.  After it is imaged, connect the drive to a USB3 port and power on the Pi</ins>.</div></td></tr> </table>

Casey https://baranoski.ca/index.php?title=Booting_A_Raspberry_Pi_From_USB&diff=483&oldid=prev 2021-01-07T17:19:33Z

<p>Created page with &quot;A Raspberry Pi can be booted from a USB drive. This is helpful if you have a really fast USB SSD drive. Ensure your bootloader firmware is dated &quot;Sep 3 2020 or later. &lt;PRE s...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A Raspberry Pi can be booted from a USB drive. This is helpful if you have a really fast USB SSD drive.<br /> <br /> Ensure your bootloader firmware is dated &quot;Sep 3 2020 or later.<br /> &lt;PRE style=&quot;color:white;background-color:black;font-weight:bold;font-size:1.2em;&quot;&gt;<br /> pi@raspberrypi:~ $ vcgencmd bootloader_version<br /> Sep 3 2020 13:11:43<br /> &lt;/PRE&gt;<br /> <br /> Ensure your OS version is 2020-08-20 or later.<br /> &lt;PRE style=&quot;color:white;background-color:black;font-weight:bold;font-size:1.2em;&quot;&gt;<br /> pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /etc/rpi-issue <br /> Raspberry Pi reference 2020-08-20<br /> &lt;/PRE&gt;<br /> <br /> If that all checks out, image a hard drive just like how you would an SD card. For example, Balena Etcher can image a USB hard drive instead of an SD card.</div>

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