SSD

Hi, I’m using a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, and I’d like to know if it’s possible to run SamplerBox from an SSD instead of a microSD card.
I'm looking for better reliability, speed, durability, and faster boot times. I also run additional programs alongside SamplerBox, and sometimes I need to stop SamplerBox to launch something else. So having everything on an SSD would be much more convenient and efficient.
I bought a 64GB SATA SSD and connected it to my Raspberry Pi using an Argon case via USB 3.0, but it didn’t boot. I asked ChatGPT and it said that SamplerBox was originally designed to run only from a microSD card.
Is there any way to make SamplerBox run from an SSD?
Thanks in advance!

Hi Mello,

ChatGPT is hallucinating here.
Samplerbox is designed to run on raspberry regardless of boot device. For convenience I created a ready to use image that fits on an SD, but it may as well be "burned" on other storage.
Moreover: as long as you you don't use options needing GPIO it can run on any hardware running on Linux. However this requires a different way of installing - out of scope here.

Booting of the raspberry is controlled by the PI's hardware / firmware, not by samplerbox.
Samplerbox is "just an application" starting as a system task during the bootprocess after the hardware boot.

I have a PI3 booting from usb drive for several years (though not for samplerbox), but back then it required an irreversible change of the eeprom.
Since then many things have changed and it seems to differ per PI type how to do it, so I advise to do an ordinary search for something like "raspberry boot usb" and pick an instruction fit for you.

Hans