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.
-- 
Michael J. Ryan - tracker1@roughneckbbs.com

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