Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:16:23 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org>, Vladimir Videscu <vladimir.videscu@gmail.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on SSD Message-ID: <E59AAFA8-7D85-4035-A64C-36BE0EA80E0A@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <20120728165843.7df79322@AMD620.ovitrap.com> References: <CAMxhPyt-gF228nX0DNrdsFVXKVx6YjZVa7obfov5vf%2BdtV71zw@mail.gmail.com> <20120728165843.7df79322@AMD620.ovitrap.com>
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On 28 Jul 2012, at 11:58, Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> wro= te: > Hi, >=20 > On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:44:35 +0300 > Vladimir Videscu <vladimir.videscu@gmail.com> 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.=
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