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Reboot the Pi and check the bootloader version by opening Terminal and running: Sudo rpi-eeprom-update -d -f /lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader/stable/pieeprom-.bin Ran the following commands: sudo apt updateД®dited the rpi-eeprom-update file and changed the 'critical' value for the FIRMWARE_RELEASE_STATUS option to 'stable', using sudo nano /etc/default/rpi-eeprom-update.

Opened Terminal in Raspberry Pi OS (note: you can do these steps from another computer via SSH if you want to set up the Pi headless).

Booted the Raspberry Pi with the microSD card I just flashed.

Then I followed the USB Boot beta setup instructions and did the following:

I cannot be held responsible for anything that happens with your Pi if you try using this beta feature! NOTE: You could break your Pi's firmware and render it inoperable if you do something wrong here. To flash the card, I still rely on good old dd on my Mac, but you can use the Raspberry Pi Imager instead.

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In the future, you'll be able to download it from the regular Pi OS download page, but for now it's available from this forum thread.

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Update: I now have a video that goes along with this blog post:ДЇirst, I flashed a 32GB SanDisk Extreme Pro microSD card with the latest 64-bit beta release of the Raspberry Pi OS. I'll be posting a video and blog post with more detail on that experience very soon. And after testing it a bit, I decided to use the Pi 4 as my full-time workstation for a day, to see whether it can cope and where it falls short. So when the USB boot beta was announced, I wanted to put it through its paces. And on older Pis, with the maximum external disk speed limited especially by the USB 2.0 bus-which was shared with the network adapter, limiting its bandwidth further-even USB booting didn't make things amazing.Д«ut the Pi 4 not only separated the network adapter from the USB bus, it also has USB 3.0, which can be 10x faster than USB 2.0 (theoretically). For a very long time, the top complaint I've had with the Raspberry Pi is limited I/O speed (especially for the main boot volume). Recently, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced a USB boot beta for the Raspberry Pi 4. Now, flash any USB drive with the latest Raspberry Pi OS, plug it into your Pi (unplugging any microSD card), and you're off to the races!

All you need to do now is run sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y, then reboot, then your firmware should be up to date. September 2020 Update: USB boot is out of beta! Check out this video for simplified instructions.

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