Early versions of the Raspberry Pi could only boot from SD cards, but newer ones can boot from any USB device, like an external drive or USB stick. Here's how.

USB boot has been possible since the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B (v1.2), but it has only become really worthwhile with the Pi 4. Here is some information, tips, tricks and opinions explaining why and how.

Raspberry Pi 5 supports booting not only from microSD cards but also from USB memory, external SSD, etc., so I have summarized the steps for USB booting. Also, if you are using a power adapter ...

Plug your USB flash drive into your PC. Go to the Batocera website. Then select the x64 Windows version of the OS and wait ...

There is lots happening on the Raspberry Pi front. The latest flagship version has doubled its memory and there are new options for USB boot support, in beta... Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 8GB First off, a ...

If you've grown tired of running Linux distros on your Raspberry Pi, you can switch things up by installing Windows 11 on the device.

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 dis… ...

Put the two together and hook the unit up to Raspberry Pi 400, then copy across the operating system and you’re good to boot. We used a Transcend M.2 SSD 430S and Transcend TSCM42S USB enclosure.