Live stream to http://twitch.tv/adafruit doing a quick look at the new Raspberry Pi 3 native USB boot mode. This allows your Pi 3 to boot from a USB drive entirely without any SD card connected. You could boot from a big hard drive, SSD, and more.

Links mentioned in the video:

- Pi 3 booting part 1: USB mass storage boot beta: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/pi-3-booting-part-i-usb-mass-storage-boot/

- How to boot from USB mass storage: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/msd.md

- Older guide on booting from external hard drive (does not use this newer native USB boot mode, instead relies on a small SD card image): https://learn.adafruit.com/external-drive-as-raspberry-pi-root/overview

Acknowledgements:

- Music: bartlebeats

- Intro shuttle footage: NASA

- Intro fonts: Typodermic

- Intro inspiration: Mr. Wizards's World

- Matrix background: cool-retro-term & cmatrix

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