On 03/07/2019 10:36, David Taylor wrote:
> On 03/07/2019 09:25, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> []
>> I only need about 40GB for my SSD to boot from. And store its programs.
>>
>> Data?  All on a networked server running big spinning rust. The switch
>> is only 100Mbps so whats the pont of making that disk SSD?
>>
>>
>> Anyway its well fast enough.
>
> Quite a few devices on my network run at gigabit speeds, as does the
> RPi-4B.

yes, but do they in fact NEED to?

My router and my desktop both have gigabit capabiliy but really, what IS
the point when internet is only 7Mbps?

And the house is wired CAT5 anyway.


  Two reasons for going SSD: speed now a full-speed USB 3 port is
> available, better life than an SD card (larger capacity, designed for
> more write cycles [perhaps]).
>

Thats a bit like saying the reason to drive at 150mph is that the new M1
can handle it.

> The more I think about it, having the SSD as the system boot device
> might be a good idea as well.  Seems like that should be easy at least
> with the 3B+, and perhaps therefore the 4B.
>
It is good to have fast booting on a desktop, that does get booted
fairly often

(Of course the whole rationale behind systemd was fast *server* booting,
which shows you what a swine poettering really is, but I digress...)

Mainly my complaint is that technology for the sake of it is really  a
waste of money and effort.

So much of it doesnt solve an existing problem and introduces new ones.

Take 'let's not wire stuff up: Let's use wireless"

Now all that happens is speeds are down, because interference is up and
the whole spectrum is a mess, and connectivity is massively unreliable.


>
>
https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/95778/boot-from-usb-connected-s
sd
>
>
> I don't like the idea of the one-time programming required for earlier
> models, though.
>


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