On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On the same morning that the 76 was shipped back, I went to EcoBinary at > Keith's suggestion. Great idea. I now have a new-looking Lenovo L420 > ($180). > > I want some advice on setting it up. It has a 320G HD; 4G ram. I have a > 128G SSD. I want to switch from current Windows 7 Pro to Ubuntu, but put > the W7 into VBox, along with my present Windows 2000. I will run a couple > of older programs in the W2K and a couple of newer programs in the W7. > Most work will be done in Ubuntu; the performance of the virtual machines > is not very important. How might I best configure this? > > The max. ram this will take is 8G. The seller said he thought currently > the 4G is in one stick. Assuming that is correct, is it ok to add a 2nd 4G > stick, or should they both be of the same vintage? > > I was able to find a Hardware Maintenance Manual, so with some study I may > be able to answer the last of these questions myself. > > Thanks for the advice.. > > -Denis > On-line research leads me to believe that the L420 can have a 2nd HD by replacing the optical drive with a HD in a carrier. It is unclear to me how this drive will be seen by the system: can it be configured to mount automatically? Can VB use it for its big files? If yes, then it just a matter of learning how to set it up. If not, then perhaps I should opt for a single larger SSD drive. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
