[gentoo-user] Re: SDD, what features to look for and what to avoid.

[Grant Edwards]

On 2020-04-02, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 7:29 AM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
>> On 2020-04-02, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've been wondering if older fairly generic motherboards (7-8 years
>> old) from the likes of Asrock would be able to boot from an NVMe card
>> using a PCIe adapter like this:
>>
>>
> https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-Express-Controller-Expansion/dp/B075MDH28Y
>>
>> I suspect not...

> The questions section says it will only boot from the card if the BIOS
> supports the MB booting from NVMe drives

Obvioiusly, boards can only boot from devices that are supported by
the BIOS.  The question is when did NVMe support in BIOSes become
common?

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Grant