Boot on USB ? on microSD ?

[diffy]

Hello,

Can we choose to boot on usb or microSD in order to work diskless ?

Thanks
David

[irads]

fit-PC2 can boot from various USB devices (thumbdrive, hdd, CDROM) or Ethernet. It cannot boot from SD.

[diffy]

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 ?

[fluffycloud]

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

[lukasz]

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.

[oomingmak]

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.

[irads]

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.

[ziotidus]

The slot miniSD and the other usb is considers both thumbdrive USB?
Escamotage for to have get the OS su SD/miniSD?

[UV254]

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?

[yogev_ezra]

Any USB CD-ROM / DVD-ROM should do the job. Just change the BIOS to boot from USB CD-ROM first.