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> Enabling NVMe boot is pretty easy, you add a line to /boot/config.txt, modify the BOOT_ORDER in the bootloader configuration, and reboot! and where is this /
by TacticalCoder 3y ago
> Enabling NVMe boot is pretty easy, you add a line to /boot/config.txt, modify the BOOT_ORDER in the bootloader configuration, and reboot!
and where is this /boot/config.txt stored? On the NVMe or on a SD card? (honestly asking)
On a regular computer, I don't need to touch /boot/config.txt to decide where I boot from: I set that in the BIOS/UEFI.
Basically: do you still need a SD card to begin the boot or can the Pi 5 boot directly from the NVMe SSD?
Or maybe you need to boot from a SD card only once, to change that setting (which is then stored... where?), then you can remove the SD card for good and it'll now boot from the NVMe?
Or is this something you can do without even needing a SD card?
- nicoburns 3y agoMy guess based on reading the article is you would need SD card to set things up (enable the NVMe port and set the boot order), but once setup it would no longer be required.
- xyzelement 3y agoI recently did this on my 3 or 4 and it was exactly as you said.
- geerlingguy 3y agoThis. And apparently the firmware for the 5 might be updated to automatically detect if the external bus is wired up so you can skip that step.
- worksonmine 3y agoUSB boot without SD card has been possible since the 3 at least, I'd assume this is the same. Entire OS on one disk.