{"id":11474,"date":"2022-03-14T21:02:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T04:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/?p=11474"},"modified":"2022-03-14T21:02:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T04:02:47","slug":"usb-boot-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/?p=11474","title":{"rendered":"USB Boot Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have used Flash Drive based boot media for my Linux box.  But when I started using and SSD drive instead, my builds and boot times were much faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Setting up this post to show someone that asks what I use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/USBSSDBOOT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/USBSSDBOOT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/USBSSDBOOT.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/USBSSDBOOT-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/USBSSDBOOT-768x408.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>USB BOOT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I used to use (and still can) use a flash drive, and I moved on to an MSATA using an SSD Connector, but MSATA drives are a little pricey, so I ended up using an SATA SSD with a USB connector.  It has the benefit of a case and a build in extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SSDBOM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SSDBOM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SSDBOM.jpg 951w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SSDBOM-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SSDBOM-768x606.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Image of my purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are links to the products<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USB SSD connector, this one supports UASP for $8.99<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07S9CKV7X\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07S9CKV7X<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>256 SATA SSD $34.99<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01K8A2A0E\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01K8A2A0E<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I have time, I will post how to build the USB boot disk, it is more than just a build disk for a Rocky 8.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weight: 355.6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have used Flash Drive based boot media for my Linux box. But when I started using and SSD drive instead, my builds and boot times were much faster. Setting up this post to show someone that asks what I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/?p=11474\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,11,3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-toys","category-technical","category-training","category-weighin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11479,"href":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11474\/revisions\/11479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}