On 11/28/10 20:01, Claus Assmann wrote: > I was about to buy an OCZ Vertex 2 SSD when I read that firmware > updates for that kind of SSD require some M$ Windows version. Is > someone using SSDs with a high IOPS rate (the Sandforce controller > claims 45-50 kIOPS) which can be updated under some freely available > software? I would like to try an SSD as mail queue FS etc.
I'm using a Vertex 2 as my boot disk on my OpenBSD desktop machine. The firmware update utility does need to be run from Windows, but you can use a freely-available Windows recovery disc to do the firmware flashing if you don't dual-boot or have a Windows install disc handy. Look here for the recovery disc: http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/ BTW, the Vertex 2 is FAST! I'm very, very happy with mine. -- Joe Gidi j...@entropicblur.com
