On 07/11/2019 00:56, Vince Coen wrote:
> Hello Chris!
>
> Thursday November 07 2019 13:10, you wrote to RobH:
>
>   > On 07/11/2019 12:52, RobH wrote:
>   >> I'm having a hard time finding the information I want , so I ask
>   >> here:
>   >>
>   >> Has anyone had success using an external disk with the pi 4, and
>   >> preferably booting from it.
>   >>
>   >> The other option I thought about was to put some other version of
>   >> Linux on it, ubuntu?, but using etcher in linux doesn't do it, as
>   >> it's an iso.
>   >>
>   >> Thanks
>
>   > Not a Pi4 but I have Pi3+s booting from SD card (holding only the
>   > /boot partition) and 128/256Gb SSD (mSATA in mSATA to USB3 adapter) as
>   > root. Quite easy if you follow the instructions. I never had much luck
>   > booting directly from the USB SSD, hence the above arrangement.
>
>   > --
>   > Chris Elvidge, England
>
>
> I use a 3B+ sitting in a x830 box and card with a 1TB dasd  .
> The drive has the Rasbian installed and it powers up, boots to the the USB
> drive.
>
> Every thing works - so far but I do not run it daily just as a when as I use
a
> server system for day to day
> development and other activities such as BBS, FTP, SQL, Apache, IBM m/f
server
> or services.
> This hold a lot of dasd unit giving over 10+ TB storage all in 16GB Ram with
a
> modular PSU so it is light on
> power needs but a Pi is a heck of a lot less :)
>
> Did want to get a Pi4 but will not fit into the current X830 case so will
wait
> until a revised X830 combo
> comes out.
>
>
>
> Vince
>
Thnks, and are there any simple instructions for doing that for a simple
lad like me.

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