Install on Mini-PCIe SSD?
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On this, there seems to be some confusion out in the marketplace b/c the mSata and Mini-PCIe slots have the same appearance and dimensions, but are not interchangeable. There's also SATA and PATA.
I did take care to purchase the non-sata Mini-PCIe SSD.
In any event, I've been in contact with the manufacturer's tech support and it does not appear that the board will recognize and boot this disk, and recommends a 'disk emulator' be run to attempt to recognize the disk. I assume this would not be running under FreeBSD… Perhaps the slot was intended for a wireless adapter?
I think I'll try to go another route, get a SATA to mSata adapter and mSata SSD, and try to boot that. -
If you are looking to save $$s you can just boot from USB. That does exclude running some packages but maybe you don't need them?
Steve
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This board is complicated in many aspects. LOUD, I have to remove the minipcie to fit it in a 1u case, weird location an configuration of led and power pins, etc…
The only reason I risked buying 5 of them was the ridiculous low price I got them (CPU and RAM included) and one of them was a AIMB272 with a frigging Core i7 and 16gb.
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This board is complicated in many aspects. LOUD, I have to remove the minipcie to fit it in a 1u case, weird location an configuration of led and power pins, etc…
The only reason I risked buying 5 of them was the ridiculous low price I got them (CPU and RAM included) and one of them was a AIMB272 with a frigging Core i7 and 16gb.I agree - weird board layout, and was difficult to fit in the case. Had to make my own risers to allow room for the mini-pcie slot on the underside. Good thing about the board is low price and low power use (mine came with a mobile i3-330m) and dual Intel NICs.
Have you had any other quirks with your AIMB boards?
Do you have any reason to believe one COULD boot from a Mini-PCIe disk?
Do you have any reason to believe one could NOT boot from an mSATA SSD connected by SATA-mSATA adapter cable? -
Do you have any reason to believe one COULD boot from a Mini-PCIe disk?
Do you have any reason to believe one could NOT boot from an mSATA SSD connected by SATA-mSATA adapter cable?1 - Have not tested, But if the disk is a real mini-pcie device AND pfsense has the right driver it should work.
2 - No reason at all. -
Do you have any reason to believe one COULD boot from a Mini-PCIe disk?
1 - Have not tested, But if the disk is a real mini-pcie device AND pfsense has the right driver it should work.
Booting also needs BIOS support. The BIOS almost certainly supports booting from the on-board disk controller. It doesn't necessarily support booting from "expansion" disk controllers.
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Booting also needs BIOS support. The BIOS almost certainly supports booting from the on-board disk controller. It doesn't necessarily support booting from "expansion" disk controllers.
Agree. When BIOS didn't see the disk I knew I was hosed.
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Just for the record and for what its worth: I'm running 32 bit 2.0.3 on a Intel DN2800MT motherboard with a 64GB mSata SSD in a miniPCI Express slot.
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That mini-pcie is also a msata port.
• Two SATA ports:
― One internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (Port 0, black)
― One internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (multiplexed with an mSATA
port, routed to the PCI Express Full-/Half-Mini Card slot)
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Agree. When BIOS didn't see the disk I knew I was hosed.
Can Plop see it ? :http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/index.html
