[Novalug] Intel X-25M SSD with Jaunty on Lenovo T61

Michael Henry lug-user at drmikehenry.com
Wed May 27 07:34:30 EDT 2009


Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> I have a X61t … replaced the HDD with a samsung SSD. The accelerometer
> isn't in the hdd, it's in the laptop. It still works fine, though the
> only thing I've ever used it for is playing neverball. :)
>
> (and yes, SSD = fast. I'm never going back. Fedora 10 + SSD + a little
> tweaking. Boots to the login screen in about 16 seconds.
>   

That sounds great.  How much tweaking would you say you had to do?  Was 
it more than using "relatime" as a mount option?  It's good to hear a 
success story on hardware similar to mine, which I'm imagining has the 
same 1.5 Gbps SATA rate limitation.

Thanks,
Michael Henry




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