The firmware included with the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B version 1.2 introduced the possibility of booting from a USB device: before that, it was only possible to boot from an SD or microSD card. But ...

The Raspberry PI Foundation has released beta firmware and a bootloader to enable booting the Raspberry Pi 4 from a USB mass storage device. The new firmware and bootloader could be useful to ...

Discover the drawbacks of booting Raspberry Pi from SD cards and explore faster, more reliable alternatives for improved performance and longevity.

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The Raspberry Pi is a great computer, even if it doesn’t have SATA. For those of us who have lost a few SD cards to the inevitable corruption that comes from not shutting a Pi down properly, here’s ...

Although the Raspberry Pi 5 has a PCIe interface, it doesn’t have a slot for a PCIe SSD. There’s now a whole range of plug-in boards (HATs = Hardware Attached on Top) for retrofitting SSDs. They ...

If you are considering booting your new Raspberry Pi 4 from a solid state drive (SSD) you might be interested in performance testing carried out by Avram Piltch over at Toms Hardware. Providing ...

Historically, booting a Raspberry Pi required an SD card. However, if you follow [tynick’s] instructions, you can get a Pi 4 to boot from the USB port. Combine it with a small solid state disk drive, ...

I cannot believe how simple it is now to get a Raspberry Pi 4 running from an SSD rather than from an SD Card. I have written what to do here, because the web seems devoid of a simple list of ...