> Now that you mention pcie drives, has anyone used those little mini-pcie > ssd's that fit on some atom motherboards? Might be a convenient > location for fossil (what are they like 16GB?). That is if they are > supported. I've never even been near one. Does it get attached to the > disk controller via sata (by way of magic)? Or does it do something > completely different that I cannot fathom?
the pcie card would have to be its own controller. how the controller is attached to the on-board drive doesn't have to be visible to anyone using the part. i've never used one of these things. one hopes that a custom driver isn't required for each pcie-attached drive. > Those I wouldn't consider 'a trap' as they have a bright future on > laptop motherboards and hot swap isn't even a useful feature in that case. i wasn't thinking of laptops, but now that you mention it, i'd certainly want hot-swap on a laptop. especially if i can have more than one drive. - erik
