On the Raspi3 (with an SD card) you have to tell the Raspbpi3 to boot on the USB drive:
sudo echo program _usb _boot _mode=1 | sudo tee -a /boot/config.txt
sudo reboot
To verify that this has worked, type:
sudo vcgencmd otp _dump | grep 17:
The answer must be:
17:3020000a
The following shall be switched off cleanly:
sudo halt
Unplug the alim, remove the SD and replug the alim.





