Hi,
Can the 4b boot off of USB thumb drives yet? Last time I read it could not.
Thanks.
Dave.
On 3/18/20, Rich Morin <rdm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
===========================================================On Mar 18, 2020, at 04:10, Jessica <jelynnar.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Also, stormux. I don't think I can try it as I don't have a raspberry pi 4
...
According to Storm Dragon, there is now a version available for the Pi 3:
The original Pi3 image has been released. Because of the very limited
resources available to the Pi3, we use the LXDE desktop. It does not have
the polished accessibility of more developed desktops like Mate, however,
there is an accessible desktop and menu system. All images and their
sha1sums may be downloaded from:
https://stormux.org/downloads
I think I read you can use a usb thumb drive too. But for me I prefer the
micro sd cards. As long as your really careful with them you don't lose
them.
The 3B+ and 4B support booting from USB, but there are some gotchas:
- There can't be a bootable OS on the SD card.
- Whichever USB storage device responds first wins.
- Not every OS is set up to take advantage of this.
- Not every USB flash drive works properly.
That said, this approach can have some great advantages. Aside from the
fact that the USB fobs are larger and harder to lose, they can have tags
added to make them identifiable. As a sighted user, I use paperboard tags
that I can write on; I also made up some tags with braille labels for a
blind friend to use.
-r
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