Umbrel Bitcoin and nvme SSDs

[doingbobthings]

I think the reason it’s not woking for you is because you’re using USB external cases. The method I posted was for ‘internal’ PCIe SSD boards.

Have a look here:

Umbrel on NVMe drives

For those of you who, like me, are new to Umbrel and purchased a Pi5 and an NVMe SSD, you will likely be struggling to get the OS installed and running. I hope to save you many hours of frustration trying to figure it out, especially if you’re a novice user. Equipment I used: Pi5 8G Pi OEM Power Supply WD Black SN770 2T NVMe SSD PCIe to SSD M.2 Board (I used this one: Geekworm 1002) Case of your choice Note that the board you select may interfere with the cooling unit of your case, so sh…

NOTE: Since my post, the CURL method of install is no longer supported by Umbrel. You will have to flash the Umbrel OS directly to the NVMe SSD (using one of those USB enclosures you have) and then run the install from there once the instructions for preparing the PiOS are done.