Tim McIntosh <tmcintos%eskimo.com@localhost> writes: >> On Jan 2, 2026, at 2:12 AM, Nick Hudson <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost> wrote: >> USB or NVME (via hat) storage is best for root anway. > > Good to know. I wish I had known this before I spent money on the SD > card and official case. I was hoping to avoid external storage or > using a HAT since it won’t fit in the case with fan + lid > <https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=370927>. I could try > using a USB SD card adapter if that is expected to work. > > Perhaps someone with access could update the wiki page so that others > aren’t misled into spending time/money on something that’s not > expected to work? The current page gives the strong impression that > using an SD card is the preferred approach and should be expected to > work. Nick said "best", not "using an SD card will fail after 24h". Lots of people use uSD cards on NetBSD RPI. I am doing so on 2x RPI3 and a RPI4, although two of them have a USB SSD for the parts that are written often. As I understand it, the problem is not that uSD doesn't work, but that such cards have lower longevity than SSDs. They are also slower. all bs=128k RPI4 ld1 214433792 bytes transferred in 11.430 secs (18760611 bytes/sec) sd0 918421504 bytes transferred in 5.700 secs (161126579 bytes/sec) (Samsung T7) If your goal is to have a machine with a case and not much else, and you want to use a uSD, that's an ok thing to do in my view. It really depends on if you want a RPI or if you are trying to turn a RPI into a real computer. How about you try it, and report back?