# Booting from SSD raspberry pi 4 **URL:** \ **Category:** balenaOS\ **Created:** [June 24, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/booting-from-ssd-raspberry-pi-4/143218 "2020-06-24T09:15:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oddbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ec9cab/32.png) [@oddbob](https://forums.balena.io/u/oddbob)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/booting-from-ssd-raspberry-pi-4/143218/1 "2020-06-24T09:15:53Z")
Hi guys, I was wondering seeing as RaspberryPi4 now supports a stable release of booting from an USB device, if I could set this up for my balenaOS device? Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![mpous](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/mpous/32/4742_2.png) [@mpous](https://forums.balena.io/u/mpous)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/booting-from-ssd-raspberry-pi-4/143218/3 "2020-06-24T10:24:42Z")
Hello Ethan, thank you for reaching out. Currently USB booting for the RaspberryPi 4 is in the roadmap. We were waiting for the Raspberry Pi Foundation to implement it. We will let you know once this is available. ---
**Author:** ![oddbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ec9cab/32.png) [@oddbob](https://forums.balena.io/u/oddbob)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/booting-from-ssd-raspberry-pi-4/143218/7 "2020-06-24T11:12:40Z")
Hello! Sweet and I believe they’ve released there stable version? That’s why I was curious when you guys would implement it! Do you know of a workaround currently? ---
**Author:** ![mpous](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/mpous/32/4742_2.png) [@mpous](https://forums.balena.io/u/mpous)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/booting-from-ssd-raspberry-pi-4/143218/8 "2020-06-24T11:27:30Z")
Hey Ethan, there is any simple workaround. We opened a Github issue that you can follow [here](https://github.com/balena-os/balena-raspberrypi/issues/498) We recommend to wait for the official support solution. ---
**Author:** ![wyatt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/wyatt/32/6237_2.png) [@wyatt](https://forums.balena.io/u/wyatt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/booting-from-ssd-raspberry-pi-4/143218/11 "2021-07-07T14:30:15Z")
Any update on this? I noticed the pull request has been merged but I couldn’t find any documentation on how to do this. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![anujdeshpande](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/anujdeshpande/32/3155_2.png) [@anujdeshpande](https://forums.balena.io/u/anujdeshpande)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/booting-from-ssd-raspberry-pi-4/143218/13 "2021-07-09T07:49:24Z")
Hey Wyatt I am one of the engineers at Balena who has this working, and have written down some documentation. Would you be willing to take it for a spin and try it out? Would love some feedback. I have had this running for a while and love the extra speed and space I get ! ---
**Author:** ![mpous](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/mpous/32/4742_2.png) [@mpous](https://forums.balena.io/u/mpous)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/booting-from-ssd-raspberry-pi-4/143218/16 "2021-07-13T10:06:00Z")
Hello @wyatt did you solve your issue or would you like to test te new documentation? ---
**Author:** ![wyatt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/wyatt/32/6237_2.png) [@wyatt](https://forums.balena.io/u/wyatt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/booting-from-ssd-raspberry-pi-4/143218/19 "2021-07-19T12:46:43Z")
Sorry for the delay, yes I would love to try out the new documentation. I took a break from this because I was trying to get gitea + adguard in a multicontainer setup with an ssd mounted for gitea, and I just couldn’t get it to work. I’d be happy to try it again though, with the help of these new docs. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![droseGW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@droseGW](https://forums.balena.io/u/droseGW)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/booting-from-ssd-raspberry-pi-4/143218/32 "2021-08-08T22:05:56Z")
Hey Im happy to be a tester. ---
**Author:** ![anujdeshpande](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/anujdeshpande/32/3155_2.png) [@anujdeshpande](https://forums.balena.io/u/anujdeshpande)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/booting-from-ssd-raspberry-pi-4/143218/36 "2021-08-16T13:48:04Z")
hey @drosegw > [@How to boot balenaOS on an SSD: why it matters and how it works](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-to-boot-balenaos-on-an-ssd-why-it-matters-and-how-it-works/341836/2): > > @wyatt @anujdeshpande : Hey all! Discourse is a little finnicky with the specific groups and posts thing, so I hope this works. The previous message is an internal draft of our upcoming balenaOS on SSD guide created by Anuj. Wyatt, thanks for your interest in trying this out. Please give it a go. Feedback and questions are totally welcome. P.S. Eventually, this whole category and this topic will be public, so treat this as you’d treat the rest of the forums slight_smile can you see the above link? If so there’s the post that should help you get started with using a SSD