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diffy
Joined: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:52 pm
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 Boot on USB ? on microSD ? Hello,
Can we choose to boot on usb or microSD in order to work diskless ?
Thanks
David
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irads
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Re: Boot on USB ? on microSD ? fit-PC2 can boot from various USB devices (thumbdrive, hdd, CDROM) or Ethernet. It cannot boot from SD.
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diffy
Joined: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:52 pm
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Re: Boot on USB ? on microSD ? thanks, for that very quick answer  On my laptop I test a system on USB thumbdrive but it was very slow comparing to an harddrive system, I also use Ubuntu 8.04. Do you think that I'll have the same slow speed, is it normal ? Can I fix it ?
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fluffycloud
Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:32 pm
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Re: Boot on USB ? on microSD ? I'm betting your slowness has more to do with the usb-drive and the way the software is configured rather than the computer it's attached to.
There are a few ways to improve performance of a system running off a thumb drive, but what in particular is 'slow' for you? are you talking about slow booting? slow processes running? is your usb-drive rated for fast writes (compatable with vista's memory cache, etc) or an older drive?
-Fluffy
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lukasz
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 1:31 pm
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Re: Boot on USB ? on microSD ? What exactly is the purpose of this miniSD slot? Here's the roundup of information I gathered:
- it is a miniSD - you hardly can buy those cards any more, so you need to get a microSD with an adapter
- it does not support SDHC, so 2GB is the maximum
- you cannot boot from it
Is this all correct?
Why did you put such a useless thing in there. You could have gone for a microSD slot, with SDHC support, or get rid of it altogether, and make those USB ports in the front in normal size.
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oomingmak
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 10:37 pm
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Re: Boot on USB ? on microSD ? lukasz wrote: Why did you put such a useless thing in there. You could have gone for a microSD slot, with SDHC support, or get rid of it altogether, and make those USB ports in the front in normal size. While I do love the idea of the Fit-PC2, I do have to say that I agree with all of the above.
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irads
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Re: Boot on USB ? on microSD ? We are going into design considerations here...
- USB A connectors cannot fit without enlarging the case
- microSD is too delicate for such a case
- Full size SD does not fit
- The SD interface is built-in and costs next to nothing to bring out
- It supports SDIO
The miniSD socket is useful for several applications, nobody is forced to use it.
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ziotidus
Joined: Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:52 am
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Re: Boot on USB ? on microSD ? The slot miniSD and the other usb is considers both thumbdrive USB?
Escamotage for to have get the OS su SD/miniSD?
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UV254
Joined: Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:15 pm
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Re: Boot on USB ? on microSD ? Must a "special" USB optical drive be purchased to enable boot capability? Or will any optical drive that connects via USB enable booting / operating system installation?
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yogev_ezra
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:49 pm
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Re: Boot on USB ? on microSD ? Any USB CD-ROM / DVD-ROM should do the job. Just change the BIOS to boot from USB CD-ROM first.
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