FINALLY! I can try running Ubuntu on an external hard drive and booting it from there without worrying about it running slow.Now if only I can figure out how to make it work without breaking Windows this time.
Maybe theres a market for PCI or PCI(x) cards with a RAM controller and DIMM slots for use as a system cache.Why shorten the life of a HD when a purely solid state fast RAM card could do the job 10x better.Would also find a useful use for slightly slower older memory DIMMs too, that we have lying around.Or even a RAM slot module that connects to either or EIDE or SATA channels,DDR RAM drive :)
sevanelevanOct 29, 2007
FINALLY! I can try running Ubuntu on an external hard drive and booting it from there without worrying about it running slow.Now if only I can figure out how to make it work without breaking Windows this time.
tenoqOct 29, 2007
Latency would probably be better on ESATA though. Not that it's likely to make a significant difference for spinning disks.
Closed AccountOct 31, 2007
great!!!! Now can we please get rid of that stupid Apple firewire standard, its dead and kicking, I want it out of it's misery!
Closed AccountOct 31, 2007
let's see, every time I use by USB key and just about everyone else??!!!
ferrofluidNov 18, 2007
SATA300 is rare ! isnt 150 the most common at the moment ?I know the SATA300 controller cards are nasty expensive, compared to the 150 ones.
ferrofluidNov 18, 2007
Intel, their desire and drive towards making all components dumb and having their hotrod CPUs do the grunt work.
ferrofluidNov 18, 2007
Its still good as a POS device screen , maybe a second status display etc.And as its USB connected, simple to connect.
ferrofluidNov 18, 2007
Maybe theres a market for PCI or PCI(x) cards with a RAM controller and DIMM slots for use as a system cache.Why shorten the life of a HD when a purely solid state fast RAM card could do the job 10x better.Would also find a useful use for slightly slower older memory DIMMs too, that we have lying around.Or even a RAM slot module that connects to either or EIDE or SATA channels,DDR RAM drive :)
ferrofluidNov 18, 2007
Yes but a floppy emulator would be good for repairs and upgrades on older PCs.