Pi 5 with a usb-connected IDE HDD doesnt boot [FIXED]
March 30, 2024, 17:13
Hey guys, my pi5 doesnt boot from a IDE HDD connected to the usb while it can boot from an sd-card. Can anyone help me figure out what the problem is? Thanks!
Do cd /boot/firmware/mmcblk0
To keep neat
No such file or directory
Yeah makes sense
One second let me find my notes
Ugh my laptop with my notes on it is dead
Nice
That sucks
Ok I'll have to do this later sorry
I was going to get you to do a mkfs command and whatnot so we know your pi can actually read it
Cant i just mount the boot section of the hdd and try to read some files on there?
For now just go into the imager and select "erase" in the os section then you can flash it like normally once again
Try it because why not
I can read the files so the boot isnt broken or anything
Hmm
Strange then
Are you trying the grey or blue ports?
Just try and swap which ports your using
Im using the blue
I figured usb 3.0 should work best
Yes it normally would but sometimes stuff doesn't always support boot from it
Ill try switching the ports
Great 😀
Nope doesnt work
Hmm
Is the screen blank?
I got it to work, i flashed the image using balena etcher instead op pi imager because the imager apparently cant correctly flash images to large volumes
Oh
Ok