Will purchasing an NVMe SSD noticably improve performance
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(11-08-2019, 01:19 AM)hdk Wrote: Debian default. No extra configuration required.
I'm new to Debian, Ubuntu for 10 years, feels like close family.

Quote Shallow Thoughts 24 nov 2011:

But on Debian or Ubuntu, if you make changes to files like /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf directly, they'll be overwritten.
The configuration files are regenerated by a program called extlinux-update, which runs automatically every time you update your kernel. (Specifically, it runs from the postinst script of the linux-base package: you can see it in /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-base.postinst.)
First, if you decide you really don't want Debian overwriting your configuration files, you can change disable updates by editing /etc/default/extlinux. Just be aware you won't get your boot menu updated when you install new kernels -- you'll have to remember to update them by hand.

I could use some advise here.

Finally succes.

Removed default Debian from PBP; 
    Bionic-mate-pinebookpro-0.9.14-1159 image unxz and dd to sdcard.
Startup PBP with sdcard.
Download the image again, unxz and dd to EMMC. 
Check with Gparted EMMC boot partition= fat16.
Quit, remove sdcard en start PBP again.
Mount the nvme SSD drive (ext4)
    sudo mount /dev/nvme0n1 /mnt (do check the device)
copy the root file system from EMMC to nvme SSD
    sudo cp -avx / /mnt
Label the nvme partition with Gparted: NVME
Change root in /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
    root=LABEL=NVME
Reboot and check with $ sudo lsblk -f


Pinebook Pro Ubuntu 18.04.3 Mate now booting from EMMC and rootfs from NVME.
Works really like a charm.

Next thing to do is to objectify the performance.


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RE: Will purchasing an NVMe SSD noticably improve performance - by hdk - 11-10-2019, 12:57 PM

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