# NanoPi R5S - Boot from NVMe

**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nanopi-r5s-boot-from-nvme/18064
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [8 October 2023 00:29 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nanopi-r5s-boot-from-nvme/18064 "2023-10-08T00:29:07Z")
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### Author: ![lorefx](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/lorefx/32/7364_2.png) [@lorefx](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/lorefx)
#### Post date: [10 January 2025 12:33 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nanopi-r5s-boot-from-nvme/18064/53 "2025-01-10T12:33:49Z")

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Hello @MichaIng and thanks for your work!

I recently acquired a Nanopi M6 that should have the same “issue” as the R5S in needing the SD Card/Emmc with the bootloader, so I think the answer would be generic for all the more recent Nanopi boards.

I did the first time setup (including the system update and the password setting) and my M6 now starts perfectly from the SD, and I’m able to login with ssh etc …

Now: I put an nvme inside the M6, and I’d like to run only the bare minimum from the SD Card while all the system should go in the nvme.  
I don’t have the emmc on board, so SD card is the only boot option for me

This is the starting disk status, mmcblk1 being the SD Card

```auto
root@DietPi:/tmp# lsblk 
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
mmcblk1 179:0 0 7.4G 0 disk 
└─mmcblk1p1 179:1 0 7.4G 0 part /
nvme0n1 259:0 0 931.5G 0 disk 

```

I followed the instructions (using the correct image for the M6) stopping before the last line

```auto
cd /tmp
wget https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/DietPi_NanoPiM6-ARMv8-Bookworm.img.xz
apt install xz-utils
xz -d DietPi_NanoPiM6-ARMv8-Bookworm.img.xz
dd if=DietPi_NanoPiM6-ARMv8-Bookworm.img of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=1M status=progress

```

This is the disk status after the commands

```auto
root@DietPi:/tmp# lsblk 
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
mmcblk1 179:0 0 7.4G 0 disk 
└─mmcblk1p1 179:1 0 7.4G 0 part /
nvme0n1 259:0 0 931.5G 0 disk 
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 1.1G 0 part 
└─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 1M 0 part 

```

Is it not clear how to proceed from here, as applying the last operation

```auto
parted /dev/mmcblk0 rm 1

```

changing mmcblk0 → mmcblk1 will delete the sd card partition, including the bootloader

Tried it and upon a reboot Nanopi is stuck with fixed red light, nothing happening (so I suspect that removing the sd card partition wasn’t a good idea)

Any help is really appreciated, Thanks!!!

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