Re:3x faster linux boot with e4rat
by rogerbinns on Sunday May 06, 2012 @10:33PM
(#3937304)
Many recent laptops have mini-PCIe slots. You can put a credit card sized SSD in that slot as your boot disk, and then use the 2.5" drive bay for spinning media with lots of space. Here is an example one from Intel with pictures: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167...
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:3x faster linux boot with e4rat
by justincormack on Monday May 07, 2012 @06:38AM
(#3938430)
You cannot put an msata drive in a pcie slot without a pcie to sata controller. You can get these eg http://www.sunmantechnology.com/system-ip/usb-i2c-fml.html but the fact that they are the same slot does not mean they are compatible.
Re:3x faster linux boot with e4rat
by rogerbinns on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @05:53PM
(#3945959)
There are indeed important details. This link shows the compatibility and potential issues if you use a Lenovo laptop: http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/574993-msata-faq-...