btw, does anyone make use of the mPCIE connector? what type of device do you connect?
On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Patrick Mulder <[email protected]> wrote: > small update: the msata drive works great. I could install freebsd without > problems, and performance looks great so far too. > > I am getting a second minnowboard with msata drive for doing some more > linux experiments. interestingly, the msata drive was not recognized by the > debian USB installer. i will need to understand what is wrong there. Also, > i am curious if I can switch msata drives across minnowboards. > > > On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Douglas Kryder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Patrick, >> as far as hardware connections you can use the onboard sata connector or >> use a lure. in my case i bought a silverjaw lure. >> http://www.tincantools.com/MinowBoard_Max_Add-ons/Silverjaw_Lure.html >> and i used a samsung 850 on the m2 / msata connector. >> as far as the steps to setup the flashdrive with bsd i'm gonna have to >> step through the process again myself since it has been over a year since >> the last time i did it and do not off the top of my head remember all the >> steps however i'll update tomorrow afternoon after i've gone through the >> process again. >> >> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Patrick Mulder <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I was playing a bit more with the Minnowboard last weekend. >>> >>> a) I tried a FreeBSD install onto a USB Flashdrive but the boot did not >>> work yet, maybe I miss something. I was basically stuck in the UEFI shell, >>> only now seeing the fs0: command to try booting from the new drive. >>> >>> b) Instead of working with a USB flash drive, the SATA drive option >>> sounds interesting. Yet, I can't quickly see what cables I need, esp. for >>> powering the SATA drive. Anyone has pointers here? >>> >>> Thanks a lot! >>> >>> Patrick >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> elinux-MinnowBoard mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.elinux.org/mailman/listinfo/elinux-minnowboard >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> elinux-MinnowBoard mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.elinux.org/mailman/listinfo/elinux-minnowboard >> >> >
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