From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 28 10:16:28 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 745411065674 for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:16:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com (mail-wi0-f178.google.com [209.85.212.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECB878FC1B for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:16:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhr14 with SMTP id hr14so288288wib.13 for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:16:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:message-id:cc:x-mailer:from:subject:date:to :x-gm-message-state; bh=wjUjKnjDcH9KESGSEi3QWyqi3YnINy94BpYNDGG0XNo=; b=d1DcpZfmG10TVIx3tw+BHtyJGZi1VXQUcQKzAf+z4kXAwScQTJ392hRMHtw6F99iS3 6H2LXzK3NfTVcg71C4LPM14tejCk1SNkwjinEe4wQlY6CPbWnJC0G3w+WObIyDALgpoa ASSpkkTL6pleDJ0n+3EL9JqOOytDSq+ysD5G/uk/f2sjLDFDYLTPKv/b98BOBQguKwzN C6x1j996nHqsnsJmq0emcc8Sedls9pa34ox9aZFfrgBj1TeMQJqYTaDggN2ihxQX7dRA dqbyeEm17zlwDcn9ytlL3yRi/VNsfC3jwCKbXG8N5uSE0342q3rvGs2VIUsZBlX4e1jB NWKQ== Received: by 10.216.132.25 with SMTP id n25mr2562654wei.25.1343470586693; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:16:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.5] (angel.c-mal.com. [82.241.189.111]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o2sm5079958wiz.11.2012.07.28.03.16.25 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:16:25 -0700 (PDT) References: <20120728165843.7df79322@AMD620.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20120728165843.7df79322@AMD620.ovitrap.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A405) From: Damien Fleuriot Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:16:23 +0200 To: Erich Dollansky X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkdVpLFvxjeuL8dR1M2g9tZ8IxSAmKSxyK4411LJOZnTp65fgDLqYAVepdnk+J6tPGqG7kk Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" , Vladimir Videscu Subject: Re: FreeBSD on SSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:16:28 -0000 On 28 Jul 2012, at 11:58, Erich Dollansky wro= te: > Hi, >=20 > On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:44:35 +0300 > Vladimir Videscu wrote: >=20 >> Good day. I have recently bought a Seagate Momentus XT for my laptop. >>=20 >> The specs for the drive are : >>=20 >> RPM : 7200 >> Buffer : 32 MB >> HDD Memory : 750 GB >> SSD Memory : 8 GB >>=20 >>=20 >> I wish to install FreeBSD on it, but I wanted to ask this beforehand : >>=20 >> Would it would be possible to install it on the 8 GB SSD sector ? >> Would it work, and how would FreeBSD generally handle the SSD share >> of the memory ? >>=20 > isn't the SSD part 100% hidden? Doesn't the SSD work as a plain read > cache for the disk? >=20 > Erich > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" Vladimir, Erich has the right of it. You have not bought a real SSD but rather a hdd with built-in SSD-backed cac= he. I don't think there is a way for you to install the OS specifically to the S= SD part of the drive.=