RPI/OpenPlotter running on SDD HD without SD

[verkerkbr]

With the latest RaspiOS Eeprom update it is possible to boot the RPI 4 direct from an SSD HD. Without an SD card in the system.

This gives a very fast working system. I'am using a very small PCIe NVMe 120 GB drive board in an alu housing with an usb3 connection.

Is is possible to copy the SD image to the SSD HD.

Bram

Waoooww impressive !!!
So far I was reluctant for RP1 4, but I made the step.
Which boot-loader version do you use ? The latest I found (and use) is dated September 03.
Regarding the boot-loader update, I was helped by this article in Framboise 314 the french speaking Raspberry blog .

Update to the latest eeprom version

Is perhaps allready available with the latest updates.

It is probably still a beta version

You must change “critical”  to “stable”:
sudo nano /etc/default/rpi-eeprom-update

sudo reboot

With this commands you can look if it works:

vcgencmd bootloader_version
vcgencmd bootloader_config

connect the SSD and then:

sudo mkdir /mnt/ssd
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/ssd

then after you have made a copy from your SD image to SSD drive with the Piclone option:

sudo cp /boot/*.elf /mnt/ssd
sudo cp /boot/*.dat /mnt/ssd
sudo shutdown now

Now your SSD starts without a SD card in the system.

Bram