How to set up to boot OpenPlotter from an SSD disk

[Didier B]

Hi,
I'm coming towards the end of my OpenPlotter build (yes I will document and post when done) but I have one major hurdle left.

I have incorporated an SSD Disk over USB in my build and want to boot from that one instead of from the SD card (yes I know how to tell my RPI-3 to boot from USB).

I downloaded etcher (to my PC) to write an image to the SSD (I think I've understood how to do that).

My challenge is that I need a valid image and Etcher refuse to use the OpenPlotter download that I also copied to my SD card (as per a normal OpenPlotter install). I assume that isn't a plain image so that's why it fails.

I have just installed a fresh OpenPlotter to my SD card and am running the update to the latest version right now. Once this is done, can I copy that image any way to my SSD or how should I go about doing this. I'm totally lost unfortually.

Can I do this on my PC (I'm no Linux wizard to say the least...) or can I mount my SSD (currently fresh without any file system) to my RPI and copy my SD image to the SSD - HOW??


Does anyone know the easiest way fwd??

BR
Lars

Hi, I am in this process actually (PiDesktop). It seems OP system is bit ackward, maybe due to NOOBS, as all recipes on Element14 have failed so far...
I'am trying to proceed as indicated in instructables.com  (with dd).
Anyhow, it seems you will need an img file,
best tools to be used on a windows station are SDFormater and Win32DiskImager.
SDFormater allows to format volumes larger than 32G with FAT 32 (Windows would refuse) ;
Win32DiskImager will create an img file from your SD card, (or burn an img file to any card if it is large enough !)
Take courage ...