This is a visual operation and we highly recommend it!
'''2. Flash the SSD with Raspberry Pi Imager'''
# Click write (and set any options you'd like)
Once flashing is complete, pull the NVMe drive, attach it to your Pi 5, and it should boot off it (with or without a microSD card inserted)—assuming you have the bootloader up to date and set the '''BOOT_ORDER''' appropriately!
'''3. Clone your microSD boot volume to an NVMe SSD'''