RPI4 Not Booting
May 10, 2023, 23:57
Im trying to boot from an HDD with a powered SATA to USB
What happens if you unplug the SSD?
What does the LED say? https://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting
booting from a flash drive works fine, when i plug in the hdd it shows up in lsusb
HDD can demand more current than the USB can deliver, have you look at the data for the HDD
Well its the HDD that consumes current not the adapter
which is why the adapter is powered, to supply current to the HDD
7 flashes: kernel.img not found
i checked the hdd on my laptop and it has the kernel there, i flashed a usb drive with the same settings using the pi imager and it boots fine. only experiencing this issue with this hdd
https://hdd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/1740/WDC-WD7500BPKX-80HPJ this is the hdd im using
are there any logs i could check from my laptop
Then you have a bad HDD or the HDD isn't properly flashed.
i flashed the hdd multiple times still experiencing same issue, is there any remedy for a bad hdd
is it incompatible with the pi or something
Perhaps, as Pi say "7 flashes" say what it say...
It could be that the HDD isn't ready when Pi needs the kernel image or something. I have just used SSD's on 4 different Pi builds I have.
I think i have the same problem, thing is im not trying to boot from the hdd - im automounting it(fstab). The powered hdd seems to be unrecognized if it's on before the pi is(so my automount is out the window), so what i do is turn the pi on, then turn the external hdd power on then sudo mount -a.
Idk how if booting through hdd though since you need it before you can actually do anything.
Looking for a workaround for this still.
thanks elon very cool