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Written by Teknikal_Domain on 2024-11-26 at 11:39

So I'm currently working on implementing the plans for my new laptop.... I may be going slightly insane

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Written by Teknikal_Domain on 2024-11-26 at 11:39

Even funnier, that's already out of date.

The HDD will hold the linux swap partition, not JUST to make things nice and balanced, but because I've yet to find a reason to need SSD speeds for Linux swap so I'm not going to burn SSD writes for it.

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Written by Teknikal_Domain on 2024-11-30 at 06:40

hey @doskel I've made this 10 times worse.

...new plan: tactically reload the (tactical) laptop.

Let me explain-

The SSD carriers are swappable. NVMe so I don't think they're hot swappable but they're swappable nonetheless.

Take two SSDs. Give them an identical partition table, partition UUIDs, but different OS installs. Make sure the EFI bootloader for each can be accessed at the same path.

Power down laptop. Swap SSDs. Power on laptop. New fucking OS.

FEAR ME.

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Written by doskel on 2024-11-30 at 06:41

@tek_dmn problem: i'm a step ahead. my framework laptop will happily boot from its storage expansion cards.

i have an extra expansion card with freebsd installed. i once stored my home directory on the internal disk and the OS on the external.

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Written by doskel on 2024-11-30 at 06:42

@tek_dmn (that said you almost certainly have the cooler disk carriers so you should 100% do this anyway)

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Written by Teknikal_Domain on 2024-11-30 at 06:44

@doskel See, that's natively supported by the laptop.

This, is a Dell ruggedized laptop from... checks notes 2018 that was in no way at all meant to do this.

So I can keep two OSes on standby, one in each bay, and my cache / shared drive. (and maybe a third M.2 screwed into the system board, idk). All it takes to swap is a power and a mag change, if you will.

This laptop is both a show of my skill as a Linux Fuckwit, and a show of my status as a walking shitpost.

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Written by doskel on 2024-11-30 at 06:46

@tek_dmn now THAT is a goal i can support

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Written by Teknikal_Domain on 2024-11-30 at 06:46

@doskel (Unlike a certain someone else that responded to my initial plans, ha!)

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Written by Teknikal_Domain on 2024-11-30 at 06:57

@doskel since mastodon doesn't want me to upload this as a file

https://vids.tekdmn.me/w/9xhhK5C1eveQFxWHM17BK7

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Written by doskel on 2024-11-30 at 06:59

@tek_dmn yeah those go way harder than framework cards

these have a barely noticeable click and are just. squares with usb-c plugs sticking out one end. super lame.

that is an awesome-ass storage device and now i like the idea of doing the movie-grenade shit where you pull off the disk's cap with your teeth, spit it out, and shove the disk in

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Written by Teknikal_Domain on 2024-11-30 at 07:00

@doskel Even funnier, it's just an NVMe m.2 in there with an interface adapter board. You can just... open them up and replace it. I could rip the one out of my current laptop and put it in there.

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Written by Teknikal_Domain on 2024-11-30 at 07:56

@doskel Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Did I just solve distro hopping?

There's no more "what should I try next?" Its just "I think I'll swap my garuda drive for a gentoo one" and you're now the son of Robert's siblings.

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Written by doskel on 2024-11-30 at 07:58

@tek_dmn that was my goal! I i ended up hopping again anyway but maybe you'll do something more interesting/practical with it

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Written by Teknikal_Domain on 2024-11-30 at 08:03

@doskel I mean I already had the plans. Garuda was my "home" install that's a gaudy, buggy, furry piece of shit, and Elementary was the "away" install that's not running all my experimental crap. That or PearOS, because "Toughbook that runs macOS" is one HELL of a meme and I am all here for it

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