News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Raspberry Pi 4 can finally boot directly from USB. Parent comment

Re:Raspberry Pi 4 can finally boot directly from USB by boredpenguin on Friday September 18, 2020 @04:13PM (#24521404)
> Instead of downvoting me, maybe you could explain what I'm missing?

I didn't downvote you, just my opinion:

> it's pretty trivial to make grub boot off USB, leaving the SDcard only being used doing the initial boot

In that case you still need an SDcard, and it requires manual setup. With this you can truly boot from USB drives easily WITHOUT the SD card.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Raspberry Pi 4 can finally boot directly from USB by vaccinator on Friday September 18, 2020 @04:43PM (#24521710)
You have to update it using an SD card?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Raspberry Pi 4 can finally boot directly from USB by progval on Friday September 18, 2020 @04:56PM (#24521808)
After the initial update, you can use it for something else.
[ Parent | on HN ]