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Prepare bootable USB stick
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Boot the Raspberry Pi from the stick OR adjust the source partitions below if using a NVMe to USB adapter
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Format NVMe drive to 4K sector size
apt install nvme-cli
nvme format /dev/nvme0n1 --lbaf=1
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Raspberry Pi 5 NVMe 4KB sector size setup guide
- Connect microSD card or NVMe drive to laptop
- Install Raspberry Pi Imager from https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/ or Linux repos
- Select CHOOSE OS > Misc utility images > Bootloader (Pi x family) > SD Card Boot
or if booted to OS from https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/tree/master/firmware-2712/default
wget path/pieeprom.bin
rpi-eeprom-update -df pieeprom.bin