How To Boot From USB Raspberry Pi 4! NO SD CARD! Boot from SSD,USB Drive

We will be refreshing the eePROM on the raspberry pi 4 so follow this tutorial at your own risk!
In this video I show you how to set up your Raspberry Pi 4 to boot from USB using an SSD or other USB drive!
After you are all set up you do not need an SD Card in the Pi everything will run from the USB drive or SSD!

Text File with commands:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YjRLg_Tl9LZlYLKkDd5iTve-7rGA9yTs/view?usp=sharing
Or: https://www.dropbox.com/s/25zpwpc6x6pnfuf/Pi4%20Boot%20from%20USB.txt?dl=0

Raspberry Pi Forum Post: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=274595&p=1663644#p1663644
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sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

sudo rpi-update

sudo reboot

sudo apt install rpi-eeprom

sudo nano /etc/default/rpi-eeprom-update

replace critical by beta

crtl-x and Y

sudo rpi-eeprom-update -d -f

sudo rpi-eeprom-update -d -f /lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader/beta/pieeprom-2020-05-15.bin

you can check the bootloader version using:
vcgencmd bootloader_version

vcgencmd bootloader_config

Check for BOOTORDER=0xF41. 4 is for booting from USB and 1 is booting from the sd card.
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