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

    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

    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.