Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:55:47 +0200 From: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> To: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Raspberry Pi 2B and SSD drive Message-ID: <20180617205547.Horde.0vOU2_N8C0NmcgeJBSHSR5m@webmail.nethead.se> In-Reply-To: <20180617184301.GA50150@www.zefox.net> References: <c38a0dbd-5ed6-2c75-b21e-46e021be90ff@nethead.se> <20180617184301.GA50150@www.zefox.net>
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Hi, Quoting bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 03:21:33PM +0200, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: >> FBSD 11.2-RC1 >> >> How can I make good use of a USB SSD drive connected to the Pi? >> > It might help if you indicated what constitutes "good use" 8-) As just stated, a light duty smtp-server, and I need better reliability, not speed, than what a SD card usually offers. >> For instance, can I start from the SD card and then hand over everything >> to the SSD drive? From googling it does look like it is possible. >> > Going out on a limb here, but I don't think it'll make much difference. > > Personally I like to leave root on microSD and keep /usr, /var, /tmp > and swap on USB flash. Far as I know USB is the only mass storage > connection interface, so that bottleneck is unavoidable. > > Having the booting bits separate from the scribbling bits offers a little > protection against a totally unbootable system in case of user error or > other mishap. It's still necessary to make provision for a serial console, > since last I checked one can't talk to single user via USB keyboard. > Makes sense of course.
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