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[https://dietpi.com/forum/t/tutorial-outdated-rpi-move-the-filesystem-to-a-usb-drive/317/1](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/tutorial-outdated-rpi-move-the-filesystem-to-a-usb-drive/317/1)

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