# Boot from SSD

**URL:** <https://dietpi.com/forum/t/boot-from-ssd/1044>\
**Category:** Requests\
**Created:** [26 February 2017 02:30 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/boot-from-ssd/1044 "2017-02-26T02:30:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![greavette](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/6a8cbe/32.png) [@greavette](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/greavette)\
**Post date:** [26 February 2017 02:30 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/boot-from-ssd/1044/1 "2017-02-26T02:30:37Z")

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Hello,

Not sure if this has been requested or not, my search did not come up with this topic.

Could DietPi be configured to boot from an SSD? I’ve been looking to purchase this bad boy - [http://www.pi2design.com/store/p1/502SSD\_-\_mSATA\_Solid\_State\_Drive\_Shield.html](http://www.pi2design.com/store/p1/502SSD_-_mSATA_Solid_State_Drive_Shield.html) and add an mSata SSD drive to my Pi for use with Zabbix Proxy (which requires that I use a database). Since an SDHC card will probably be killed with a database running on it running an SSD drive and booting from this drive will be much safer.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![johnvick](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/johnvick/32/16_2.png) [@johnvick](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/johnvick)\
**Post date:** [26 February 2017 08:08 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/boot-from-ssd/1044/2 "2017-02-26T08:08:51Z")

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You’ll always need an SD card to boot from but you can move the file system to an external drive and then it all runs from there.

Check this thread:

[https://dietpi.com/forum/t/tutorial-outdated-rpi-move-the-filesystem-to-a-usb-drive/317/1](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/tutorial-outdated-rpi-move-the-filesystem-to-a-usb-drive/317/1)

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**Author:** ![Fourdee](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/fourdee/32/11_2.png) [@Fourdee](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Fourdee)\
**Post date:** [26 February 2017 13:30 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/boot-from-ssd/1044/3 "2017-02-26T13:30:58Z")

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As another option:  
I improved rootfs transfer support in DietPi-Drive\_Manager for v145, offers a simple menu method for rootfs transfer (RPi/Odroid only):  
[https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/751](https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/751)