From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 12461 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2023 14:51:12 -0000 Received: from 9front.inri.net (168.235.81.73) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 2 Apr 2023 14:51:12 -0000 Received: from gaff.inri.net ([168.235.71.243]) by 9front; Sun Apr 2 10:49:48 -0400 2023 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([168.235.81.123]) by gaff; Sun Apr 2 10:49:48 -0400 2023 Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2023 10:49:47 -0400 From: Stanley Lieber To: 9front@9front.org In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <59592B22-F78E-40AB-BA8E-011068F474FE@stanleylieber.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: progressive open metadata element-scale element CSS-oriented manager Subject: Re: [9front] FQA update Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk On April 2, 2023 7:29:07 AM EDT, Philip Silva wrote: >Using a USB SSD helps though (there are also SSD USB sticks, and hubs can= be used for external power=2E=2E=2E) and using the original Power Supply= =2E At least for the USB part the FQA can be used to look that up=2E > > i experimented with an rpi4 file server backed by usb ssd=2E i stopped usi= ng it because parallel reads and writes routinely froze the system for inte= rminable periods=2E here's a tangentially related stupid story: the thinkpad x1 yoga 3rd gen won't boot from a drive in its wwan slot, and= 9front can't quite access the nvme i put in that slot, and i didn't want t= o erase the main hard drive, so i spent a week booting from an installation= (not just the iso) on a usb stick=2E this sucked for similar reasons as ab= ove, so i installed to a micro sdcard in the internal micro sdcard slot (an= d continued booting the kernel from the usb stick because the machine can't= boot from the micro sdcard slot either)=2E this sucked less, but still suc= ks because write speeds are slow=2E it's valuable that all these things kind of work, but they only kind of wo= rk=2E depending on what you're doing with the computer usb may be fine=2E b= ut it sucks=2E sl