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If you’re a Raspberry Pi beginner and you need any assistance on installing Raspberry Pi OS on your Raspberry Pi 4, check my article How to Install Raspberry Pi OS on Raspberry Pi 4.Īlso, if you need any assistance on the headless setup of Raspberry Pi 4, check my article How to Install and Configure Raspberry Pi OS on Raspberry Pi 4 Without External Monitor. If you need any assistance on flashing the Raspberry Pi OS image on the microSD card, check my article How to Install and Use Raspberry Pi Imager. My setup is also called the headless setup of Raspberry Pi 4. I won’t need any of these as I will be connecting my Raspberry Pi 4 remotely via VNC remote desktop protocol. NOTE: If you don’t want to access your Raspberry Pi 4 remotely via SSH or VNC, you need to connect a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to your Raspberry Pi as well.

Laptop or desktop computer for VNC remote desktop access or SSH access to the Raspberry Pi 4.

Internet connectivity on the Raspberry Pi 4.

MicroSD card with Raspberry Pi OS image flashed.

USB Type-C power supply for Raspberry Pi 4.

To follow this article, you will need the following things: So, let’s get started! Things You Will Need: In this article, I am going to show you how to enable USB boot on Raspberry Pi 4 and boot Raspberry Pi OS from a USB SSD/HDD/thumb drive. Again, a USB SSD or USB HDD can handle heavy I/O workloads, unlike a microSD card. There is a lower chance of hardware failure compared to a microSD card. USB SSD or USB HDD has a much longer lifespan than a microSD card. The operating system will boot faster from a USB SSD than a traditional microSD card. USB SSDs are a lot faster than the traditional microSD card. USB HDD or USB SSD is cheaper than the same capacity microSD card.

You can easily boot your favorite operating system on your Raspberry Pi 4 from a USB HDD, SSD, or a USB thumb drive instead of the traditional microSD card. There are many benefits of USB boot: Raspberry Pi 4 firmware supports USB boot.