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Raspberry Pi 4 USB Boot is official! How-to

Jeff Geerling 3:17

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It's finally here! The Raspberry Pi engineers finally made USB boot on the Pi 4 official, taking it out of beta. This video shows you how to boot a Pi 4 off a USB drive for better performance and stability... or just for fun!

Check out my blog post on booting the Pi 4 via USB:

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/im-booting-my-raspberry-pi-4-usb-ssd

Also check out my two previous videos on USB drive performance on the Pi 4:

TRIM, UASP and real-world tests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oufXAysaywk
USB performance benchmarks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxuKqBYvDQs

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