I also have an older usb to M.2 stick adapter that I used to do all the data transfers with so if the enclosure doesn't matter then I could use it.
If you can get Linux to install on it and boot from it AND the stick supports TRIM, than yes, if without TRIM, than for testing only.
Put a drive in it, attach to a Windows PC and check with CrystalDiskInfo or similar if it shows TRIM, if yes, you can use it unless Linux won't support TRIM for it for some weird reason, you should check again after you got it to run.
The transfer speeds are much, much faster than for a typical USB stick.
One thing I think you need to double check is, whether the drives you have are M.2 or M.2 NVME and how they are keyed.
I've been using it often for installing Linux distros from a live image and they are perfect for it, I am quite sure you will have no issues with running a Linux OS on a daily basis.
The transfer speeds are much, much faster than for a typical USB stick.
One thing I think you need to double check is, whether the drives you have are M.2 or M.2 NVME and how they are keyed.
I've been using it often for installing Linux distros from a live image and they are perfect for it, I am quite sure you will have no issues with running a Linux OS on a daily basis.
I've been using my old 120gb ssd drives to install my Linux distros from, they are just laying around doing nothing anyway and I have a USB to SSD drive cable than makes the pc think it's just a big SSD drive so it installs on the disks just fine and then is VERY fast in installing the system to a drive.
I also have an older usb to M.2 stick adapter that I used to do all the data transfers with so if the enclosure doesn't matter then I could use it.
If you can get Linux to install on it and boot from it AND the stick supports TRIM, than yes, if without TRIM, than for testing only.
Put a drive in it, attach to a Windows PC and check with CrystalDiskInfo or similar if it shows TRIM, if yes, you can use it unless Linux won't support TRIM for it for some weird reason, you should check again after you got it to run.
Thanks Link, my current one does support Trim but honestly I've never used it before so will have to figure out how to get it going.
I also have an older usb to M.2 stick adapter that I used to do all the data transfers with so if the enclosure doesn't matter then I could use it.
If you can get Linux to install on it and boot from it AND the stick supports TRIM, than yes, if without TRIM, than for testing only.
Put a drive in it, attach to a Windows PC and check with CrystalDiskInfo or similar if it shows TRIM, if yes, you can use it unless Linux won't support TRIM for it for some weird reason, you should check again after you got it to run.
Thanks Link, my current one does support Trim but honestly I've never used it before so will have to figure out how to get it going.
Simple. It's a default installation application.
To verify TRIM support, run:
lsblk --discard
Any non-zero values in DISC-GRAN or DISC-MAX indicate support for TRIM
I also have an older usb to M.2 stick adapter that I used to do all the data transfers with so if the enclosure doesn't matter then I could use it.
If you can get Linux to install on it and boot from it AND the stick supports TRIM, than yes, if without TRIM, than for testing only.
Put a drive in it, attach to a Windows PC and check with CrystalDiskInfo or similar if it shows TRIM, if yes, you can use it unless Linux won't support TRIM for it for some weird reason, you should check again after you got it to run.
Thanks Link, my current one does support Trim but honestly I've never used it before so will have to figure out how to get it going.
Simple. It's a default installation application.
To verify TRIM support, run:
lsblk --discard
Any non-zero values in DISC-GRAN or DISC-MAX indicate support for TRIM
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If you can get Linux to install on it and boot from it AND the stick supports TRIM, than yes, if without TRIM, than for testing only.
Put a drive in it, attach to a Windows PC and check with CrystalDiskInfo or similar if it shows TRIM, if yes, you can use it unless Linux won't support TRIM for it for some weird reason, you should check again after you got it to run.
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This is what I bought (hope
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This is what I bought (hope you won't mind the link in Polish, the product name is always the same) https://www.x-kom.pl/p/499605-obudowa-do-dysku-icy-box-m2-nvme-usb-31-gen-2-typ-c-do-10-gbps.html
The transfer speeds are much, much faster than for a typical USB stick.
One thing I think you need to double check is, whether the drives you have are M.2 or M.2 NVME and how they are keyed.
I've been using it often for installing Linux distros from a live image and they are perfect for it, I am quite sure you will have no issues with running a Linux OS on a daily basis.
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This is the one I have on hand:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BWXDT8TB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
It's similar but not the Ic-Box brand,
I've been using my old 120gb ssd drives to install my Linux distros from, they are just laying around doing nothing anyway and I have a USB to SSD drive cable than makes the pc think it's just a big SSD drive so it installs on the disks just fine and then is VERY fast in installing the system to a drive.
Link wrote:mikey wrote:I
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Thanks Link, my current one does support Trim but honestly I've never used it before so will have to figure out how to get it going.
mikey wrote:Link
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Simple. It's a default installation application.
To verify TRIM support, run:
lsblk --discardAny non-zero values in DISC-GRAN or DISC-MAX indicate support for TRIM
sudo fstrim -aKeith Myers wrote: mikey
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Thank you very much Keith!!