Booting Raspberry Pi 3 Model B from SSD

Hey everyone! In this post I’m going to share my experience of USB booting the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B from an SSD. Although it is something I did almost one year ago, I wanted to share it… sorry for the 1 year delay xD! Probably there might be something I missed on my solution, so any feedback is really appreciated! Before the pandemic started, a friend of mine sold me 4 Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and one Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. I used them for an electronics + home automation project I no longer need anymore, so I decided to repurpose them to something new, a new project I started working on for which I will make another blog entry. ...

January 18, 2026 · 6 min · donkeysharp