Overview over which images can boot from eMMC and/or USB

[MichaIng]

Most images can be flashed to eMMC and USB directly, but e.g. in case of RPi it depends on the model and RPi 3 non-plus needs to be programmes etc. So generally an overview would be awesome, to now which image can boot from where.

[StephanStS]

@MichaIng: Is this issue actual? Or will this be obsolete if we have a howto about running DietPi from eMMC or USB devices?

[MichaIng]

Still a task, not sure whether even better to (additionally) add this to the download page. E.g. the Odroid C2 cannot boot from USB, but from eMMC and SD card only.

[StephanStS]

Idea: Add a section in the Docs HowTo: "Booting from SD card, USB, eMMC, M.2"
Possibly it is sufficient to update the blog post (see below) with a table and extend it to M.2?

Contents

The howto shall cover:

• an overview about boot options (SD card, onboard eMMC, USB stick, USB HDD, USB SSD, M.2 NVMe SSD, M.2 SATA SSD)
• a list of boot options per hardware
• a description how to change (description basis is Moving a running DietPi system to a USB stick/disk or an onboard eMMC)

Hardware dependency

The following SBCs can boot from USB:

• Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi 2B v1.2, 3B, 3B+, 3A+, 4 and 400). Reference: https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-boot-from-usb/
• NanoPi ZeroPi
• ? Further NanoPi devices?
• Orange Pi 5
• Odroid N2 und HC4 (but not stable now)
• Native PCs

The following SBCs can boot from onboard eMMC:

• NanoPi R6S, R6C
• NanoPi R5S, R5C
• NanoPi NEO4
• NanoPi M4v2, M4B, M4
• NanoPi M1+
• NanoPi NEO Plus 2
• ?NanoPi K2?
• ?NanoPi K1+?
• ?NanoPi NEO 2 Black?
• ?ODROID XU4?
• ?ODROID N2, N2+?
• ?ODROID C2, C4?
• ?Radxa Zero?
• ?ROCK 5A, 5B, Pi 4, 3A, 3B, 3C, 23?
• ?PINE64: ROCK64, ROCKPro64, PINE A64-LTS, PINE H64, Quartz64 A/B?
• ?Allo Sparky SBC?
• ?ASUS Tinker Board S?

The following SBCs can boot from M.2:

• Orange Pi 5
• ?NanoPi R5s?
• ?Starfive VisionFive 2?
• Native PCs

@MichaIng @Joulinar @JappeHallunken : Could you please add the boards you know for booting from USB, eMMC, M.2?