Subj : Re: Linux on old laptop
To : Boraxman
From : Tracker1
Date : Mon Dec 27 2021 06:33 am
On 12/24/21 04:18, Boraxman wrote:
>>> Cant. The system cant support the ssd drive i paid for, refused
>>> to boot up.
>>
>> Wild... could probably try clonezilla to copy your old drive to the
>> new drive. No idea on how/why it wouldn't boot though. (2.5" Sata
>> SSD?)
>
> My Laptop is a Thinkpad T43, and I'm running Debian Bullseye. Works
> Ok, except the HDD doesn't start properly when cool. Can't find an
> IDE SSD for that machine.
>
> Linux is a great way to get extra lifespan out of an old machine.
Gotcha, didn't realize it was quite that old... *might* be able to try a
newer drive via USB boot assuming the bios on that old device supports
it. May also be able to find a PCMCIA adapter if there's one on the
laptop. No idea on drivers for that though.
Looks like it's USB 2.0 ... so 30-60 MBps transfer rate... just about
any USB 2-3 external drive should be able to make that, probably as fast
as your internal hdd, or a hair slower. Again, assuming it will boot to
USB at all.
A decent USB 3.x thumb drive could also work... 64gb drives are
relatively cheap at this point, but random io vs. sustained io is kind
of a crap shoot, but most should handle it... or USB<->sata hdd/ssd.
Don't know that there's much reason to go ssd over hdd given the
bandwidth limits, but wouldn't hurt and should have a longer lifetime.
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