{"id":12758,"date":"2015-06-15T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12758"},"modified":"2015-06-15T10:18:51","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T09:18:51","slug":"boot-the-raspberry-pi-from-a-usb-flash-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12758","title":{"rendered":"Sort-of boot the Raspberry Pi from a USB flash drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.instructables.com\/FBU\/41MG\/IAJO1EAC\/FBU41MGIAJO1EAC.MEDIUM.jpg?resize=560%2C452\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an Instructable from &#8220;techno guy&#8221; with a misleading title. It teaches you how to set-up the Pi to start up\u00a0from a USB drive which contains the main operating system image. 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