Translation: Ubuntu Server 8.10 Universal Serial Bus Install For the Lose.
I got too ambitious with my server project. I decided I would try going the route of a ghetto-SSD with a Compact Flash (CF) to IDE adapter. Without the IDE slot open, I then decided to install Ubuntu using a flash drive. It didn’t work. I believe that it kept getting hung up downloading packages because the USB install is a net installer.
Not having an external CDROM and only having one in my house. I decided to take it out of my desktop to do this install right. I have also decided to scrap the CF drive. If you are ever thinking about SSD/Flash memory for a hard drive, I have a few recommendations.
1) It is expensive. Save your money.
2) Don’t use Compact Flash. The memory is getting better, but there are write limits, thus your drive will die from on OS writing to it frequently.
3) Think about Windows XP Embedded.
4) If you do buy one, but a legit SSD.
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Interesting to know about SSDs… I don’t know anything about them hardly. I know Thinkpads with SSD have an awesome configuration tool to manage which of your programs are installed to the magnetic drive and which to the smaller SSD. This means that you can put frequently run programs on the SSD for lightning fast execution.
I would assume a SSD provide lower power consumption, less noise and a faster response (even though harddrive is probably not the bottleneck) on your server… is this correct?
You should list the specs of the machine you’re working on setting up… I’d be interested for sure.
I’d like to hear it too. That is a shame about the solid state drives – I didn’t know anything about the write limitations. It seems to me that would be a big boon to using them. Unfortunately, it seems we will have to wait a bit longer for that technology to integrate itself into practical computing solutions.
I’ve heard for years that flash memory has a read/write limit of about 10,000 (not negligible when using it for RAM / hard disc replacement), but I assumed these limitations had been taken care of for the newer SSD.