On 28 Jul 2012, at 11:58, Erich Dollansky <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:44:35 +0300 > Vladimir Videscu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good day. I have recently bought a Seagate Momentus XT for my laptop. >> >> The specs for the drive are : >> >> RPM : 7200 >> Buffer : 32 MB >> HDD Memory : 750 GB >> SSD Memory : 8 GB >> >> >> I wish to install FreeBSD on it, but I wanted to ask this beforehand : >> >> Would it would be possible to install it on the 8 GB SSD sector ? >> Would it work, and how would FreeBSD generally handle the SSD share >> of the memory ? >> > isn't the SSD part 100% hidden? Doesn't the SSD work as a plain read > cache for the disk? > > Erich > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" Vladimir, Erich has the right of it. You have not bought a real SSD but rather a hdd with built-in SSD-backed cache. I don't think there is a way for you to install the OS specifically to the SSD part of the drive._______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
