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          Chris Elvidge  wrote:

> 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.

- but I, with an SSD and RPi3B+, via a mSATA to USB adapter, simply
'burnt' the SSD with UbuntuMATE as if it were an SD card, and it all works
without the card installed. /With/ the card installed, the beast boots
from the card with the SSD still plugged in.


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Mark J
From RISCOS 5.27 on a BeagleBoard-xM and Raspberry Pi2B
- and Linux on a PandaBoard ES and Raspberry Pi3B

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