Hi Everyone!!!
I'm looking to make some Home System for my tv, but i dont want to use my sd card (i have only one and i use it for a recalbox image)
Is there any way i can install the operating system directly into and hdd and boot the raspberry from this hdd via Usb ?
Thanks in Advance!
Boot from HDD Withouts SD Card (Raspberry Pi 3)
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CalaveraX -
January 31, 2019 at 1:54 AM -
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Same here...
I'd like also to install on an HD... SSD of course.
I'm not too keen on installing on a SD since the write cycles are a bit low.
And my database is a bit big.
The utility installs, and sees, only removable devices. Is there any trick to make the writer utility write to an HD? Possibly a switch?
Thanks!
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I'm not sure about the RPi 3, but the 3B+ can boot from USB and a subsequent external HDD/SSD. I'm doing a LibreELEC+SSD setup running a MariaDB server add-on, and so far, all looks okay.
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RPi3 can boot from USB after it has been booted from SD card at least once with "program_usb_boot_mode=1" in config.txt to enable the USB boot capability. In the newer 3B+ the capability is enabled by default.
See: How to boot from a USB mass storage device on a Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi Documentation
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Thanks! I'll try this!
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Just got a pi3B+
Managed to boot raspbian from USB, and can also NOOBS will work fine.
But when I put LibreElec on the USB drive, I get an error message saying it can't mount the drive.
Any suggestions?
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Are you writing the LE image directly to the USB stick, or cloning an existing SD card install? .. and which LE version?
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I wrote the LE image directly to the USB drive, but will try to clone my existing SD card install and see if that works.
LE version is 8.90.009 (I think - will check when I get home!)
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I'm not near an RPi to check, but look at cmdline.txt and make sure it's using the correct boot= and disk= label or UUID's for the USB stick.
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Upgraded to Leia and it worked perfectly!