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.

Explore the new Raspberry Pi boot menu, a game-changer for device flexibility, allowing easy boot from USB, NVMe, and network sources.

Raspberry Pi Foundation is almost ready to deliver a fix for Raspberry Pi 4's lack of support for USB mass storage boot.

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.

Overclocking the Raspberry Pi 5 can improve your CPU and GPU performance by about 15%. Installing an SSD for your Pi offers faster data transfer, boot times, and app loading.

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 disk ...

This means the Raspberry Pi 3 can boot from a flash drive or a USB hard drive instead of a SD card. This will likely be a little slower than the SD card, but it’s still useful for those of us ...

If you are considering booting your new Raspberry Pi 4 from a solid state drive (SSD) you might be interested in performance testing carried out by Avram Piltch over at Toms Hardware. Providing ...

Some USB thumb drives do not work, but as long as you stick with a Sandisk or Samsung, you should be okay. More interesting than USB booting is the ability for the Pi 3 to boot over the network.