[MinnowBoard] Where to install Linux (or other OS) on a MinnowBoard Max

[Christopher Price]

A SATA RAM disk would cost much more than an SSD. There are a couple older solutions that are SATA-compliant but demand was quite low due to the costs. You would still need a storage fallback to repopulate the RAM in the case of power loss as well.

Really at this point SSD prices are quite low, especially for low-capacity. If you want to go lower-cost in mass-production, you can use eMMC, which BYT-I fully supports. And fast USB 3.0 flash media is readily available in mass-production build types too… we’re expecting controller-driven USB flash drives to proliferate next year.

Christopher Price
ConsoleOS.com - iConsole.tv

On Sep 12, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Ken Tait <ktait at venturesystemdesign.com> wrote:

> There is actually another way to do this.
> 
> You could make a lure that looks like a SATA drive but is actually a large amount of static or dynamic ram and set it as the swap space.
> If you make it static ram, you could battery back this up for more reliability.
> 
> The SD card could then be just standard file store.
> 
> I did something like this in the old days....
> 
> Just a thought
> Ken
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