[ltp] Re: Buying a New Thinkpad

[Stefan Monnier]

>      The T520 has a space for an internal mSATA drive, like the intel
> SSD 310 or 320.  According to the lenovo rep who handled my order, the
> W520 is bootable from the mSATA/WWAN, but not the T520.  I'm not sure
> what implications that has, beyond the obvious that you can't speed up
> the boot process by booting off the SSD.

You can still speed up the boot: if your root partition is on the SSD,
and you only place the /boot partition on the bootable drive, you'll get
most of the benefits.


        Stefan