Raspberry Pi 3b+ won't boot reliably from an SSD

lynks101 · January 24, 2023 at 11:26 PM

Hey I've been going round in circles, as in the title I am trying to get a raspberry pi 3b+ (which is rumoured to support usb boot) to boot from an SSD, it might work briefly but then nothing, I have successfully managed to get raspbian booting from the SSD. But this is ment to be a little media box for my children so a nice simple Kodi interface is needed.

Is there anyway to get this to work, booting from the SD card and then switching over to the SSD

MatteN · January 25, 2023 at 7:42 AM

Not all USB to SATA-adapters work.

osen · February 3, 2023 at 7:49 PM

Quote from MatteN

Not all USB to SATA-adapters work.

Yes, it's best to get a well known SATA adapter that has been tested and verified such as the Startech's (this page might help). Also the drive itself can be problematic; I had a Samsung 830 that wouldn't work but then a Kingston A400 worked with the same adapter (might have to do with different power draw).

I have a RPi3B+ running very reliably with a Startech adapter and Kingston A400 120GB for years now. The first generic adapter I had didn't boot successfully every time and made the system freeze sometimes.

Raspberry Pi 3b+ won't boot reliably from an SSD

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