UnionFS and SD Cards (WAS: "mini" PC's, SSD's, and Linux)

[Tyler Aviss]

A neat trick for netbooks if you want to "go easy" on your internal
SSD and/or have swappable cards for different purposes:

http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=7694&p=1

This describes setting up unionFS with an SD card for the default
Xandros install, but you could probably do it just as well with
"eeebuntu" (a much better OS IMHO) or others.

If you had an 8GB+ SD card, setting up part for system files (software
installs, etc) and another part for user files (/home) should work out
nicely.

I'll be testing this out soon to see how it works.



On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Tyler Aviss<tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I've been looking at upgrading from my EEE700. The SSD is a bit
> smallish at 4GB, and it seems that most of the bigger ones available
> only work on the 900's and above from what I've been seeing online.
> That, and the SSD's are almost half the price of a new unit.
>
> Anyone know a machine along the lines of an EEE which still has SSD's
> (the newer ones seem to be all HDD's again). As I lug my machine
> around a fair bit, the impact-resistance and low consumption of the
> SSD is somewhat preferable.
>
> Optimal specs: something with an Atom CPU, 1024x600 screen, 16GB+ SSD,
> wifi/cardreader/cam, and of course Linux-friendly drivers.
>
> Ideas/suggestions?
>
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