Seagate Firecuda 1TB hybrid drive & Linux Lite
by B S Boyes from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4VEFZ)
I have a 2009 HP Compaq Presario CQ70 laptop whose Samsung HD has failed. Prior to failure I had partitioned the HD to dual boot Win Vista (original OS) & Linux Lite (in readiness for a disc change). The PC has the max possible RAM of 3Gb.
I have purchased a Seagate FireCuda ST1000LX015 - hybrid hard drive - 1 TB - SATA 6Gb/s in the hope to offset the RAM limitation.
Prior to installing I have performed some research & checking leading me to contact Seagate to try to determine if they foresaw any problems with my intended use (thinking largely about disc defrag/trimming mixed on a hybrid drive.
Seagate informed me that none of their drives are guaranteed to work with Linux and that there was a potential risk of damaging the SS element of the disc.
My preferred installation is to use Linux Lite as the host system with Win XP running in VirtualBox (I need Win XP to run my Borland Paradox Database - MS did not properly integrate Paradox into Vista).
Finally my question !!
Does anybody have direct experience of running this particular hard drive problem free using a Ubuntu based Linux as primary OS (preferably Lite)? (I have noted the post of 02-24-17 "Anyone using a FireCuba.." where problems were being encountered).
If so, are their any particularities that I need to be aware of?
I have purchased a Seagate FireCuda ST1000LX015 - hybrid hard drive - 1 TB - SATA 6Gb/s in the hope to offset the RAM limitation.
Prior to installing I have performed some research & checking leading me to contact Seagate to try to determine if they foresaw any problems with my intended use (thinking largely about disc defrag/trimming mixed on a hybrid drive.
Seagate informed me that none of their drives are guaranteed to work with Linux and that there was a potential risk of damaging the SS element of the disc.
My preferred installation is to use Linux Lite as the host system with Win XP running in VirtualBox (I need Win XP to run my Borland Paradox Database - MS did not properly integrate Paradox into Vista).
Finally my question !!
Does anybody have direct experience of running this particular hard drive problem free using a Ubuntu based Linux as primary OS (preferably Lite)? (I have noted the post of 02-24-17 "Anyone using a FireCuba.." where problems were being encountered).
If so, are their any particularities that I need to be aware of?