Boot Raspberry Pi 4 USB Boot from SSD without an SD Card [September 2020 USB Boot]

This is the most current version of the tutorial as of September 2020 on how to boot your Raspberry Pi 4 from an SSD or a USB flash drive without using a microSD card. USB boot is now officially supported. This is less hacky than any other ways out there.

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List of commands in the video:

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo rpi-update
sudo reboot
sudo rpi-eeprom-update -d -a
sudo raspi-config

In Raspberry config panel here are the steps:

[Boot Options]
[Boot ROM Version]
[Latest Use the latest version boot ROM software]
[Reset to Default] - [No]
[Boot ROM not reset to defaults] - [Ok]
[Boot Options]
[Boot Order]
[USB Boot]
[USB device is default boot device] - [Ok]
[Finish]
[Would you like to reboot now] - [Yes]

Back at the command prompt to make sure your USB drive is set to the default boot device:

vcgencmd bootloader_config

The last line should read:
BOOT_ORDER=0xf41

if it says
BOOT_ORDER=0x0
Then you probably messed something up

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