Thinkpad T440s: do I want a m.2 msata ssd?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 01:00:47PM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
> I have just bought a new lenovo thinkpad t440s, and am expecting it in
> a couple of weeks.  I'm feeling a little bored/frustrated with ubuntu
> (I guess mostly irritated over this Mir thing) and I think I will
> install Arch and maybe KDE just to see what they're like (I mostly use
> emacs, web browsers, and thunderbird, so my DE isn't really all that
> important for me, though I do like a decent desktop search).
> 
> When configuring this beast i declined to buy the 16G M.2 msata drive
> that lenovo offers a an add-on, thinking I could just install one
> later and likely for a lot less.
> 
> That turns out to be true, and e.g. this 42mm device from amazon is
> quite a bit larger than what they offered
> (http://www.amazon.com/MyDigitalSSD-Super-Cache-Solid-State/dp/B00EZ2E8NO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386005926&sr=8-1&keywords=m.2+ssd)
> 
> Here are a couple of questions:
> 
> 1.  I was thinking I would put the OS on the mSATA and keep the main
> 256G SATA disk for /home.  Does this sound sensible?
> 
> 2.  The original 16G mSATA is used "for caching purposes only"
> according to the tech specs.  What exactly does this mean?  Is this
> something we can use under Linux?  And is there any reason to believe
> one would or would not be able to boot from one of these drives?

That is just how Windows chooses to use it in the default setup.

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