[tlug] shutting off the HD on a laptop

[Jim Breen <Jim.Breen@example.com>]

David Riggs <dariggs@example.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Is it possible to turn the hard drive off, thus saving battery and 
>> noise, and run off main and say, a flash card in the PCMCIA slot of a 
>> laptop? I am working on setting up a Thinkpad 50e, and would also do it 
>> on my Toshiba 1415-S173 if I could. I used to do this on Powerbooks, 
>> running everything off a RAM disk, and it was really nice. I could get 
>> along without X if necessary, as I just want to be able to take notes 
>> and such while on the go and get as much time out of the battery as I can.

I just bought a Thinkpad 50e and am still setting it up (FDC4). The
purchase was self-insurance - my 3.5yo Thinkpad T23 has been getting the
occasional disk freezeup, which mercifully clears with a restart, but I
thought it would be easier to get a new system and move over than to 
do something like mirroring the disk and then replacing it. Also
the 50e cost 35% of the T23.

Jim

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