# Small problems

**URL:** <https://dietpi.com/forum/t/small-problems/3914>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [8 March 2020 13:40 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/small-problems/3914 "2020-03-08T13:40:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)\
**Post date:** [8 March 2020 16:53 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/small-problems/3914/2 "2020-03-08T16:53:28Z")

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yep you could move rootFS as well as bootFS to USB/SSD devices

Maybe you can have a look to the following forum post. There are already a couple of descriptions how to transfer from SD to USB devices

[https://dietpi.com/forum/t/services-failing-after-swapping-backup-drives/3869/18](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/services-failing-after-swapping-backup-drives/3869/18)  
[https://dietpi.com/forum/t/services-failing-after-swapping-backup-drives/3869/6](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/services-failing-after-swapping-backup-drives/3869/6)  
[https://dietpi.com/forum/t/move-boot-partition-to-smaller-sd-card/3687/7](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/move-boot-partition-to-smaller-sd-card/3687/7)

as well it should be possible to flash DietPi directly on an USB device right from the beginning. But honestly I never tested this 🕶

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