Op 24-11-14 om 13:28 schreef Neal H. Walfield:
At Sun, 23 Nov 2014 23:39:09 +0100, Paul Hänsch wrote:
Paul van der Vlis paul@vandervlis.nl, Sun 2014-11-23 23:06:
https://bryanquigley.com/uncategorized/would-you-crowdfund-a-500-ubunt u-open-to-the-core-laptop
I don't get this point:
""quote --
- 128 GB SSD (this would be the one component that might have to be
proprietary as I’m not aware of another option) -- ""
Don't notebook SSDs appear as standerdised SATA disks these days? I've never experienced any trouble with this class of device. Could imagine that the internal ROM firmware is proprietary, but this should be the case for a lot of the components (even when the loadable part of the firmware is free).
Don't trust a hard drive to not modify the data in flight:
This link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPEzLNh5YIo is about SD cards and what's dangerous about them. But what you can do with SD cards you can do with SSDs and USB sticks too, I would say.
And think about removing data what's in bad blocks. I think it's not possible to remove that data without destroying the SSD. An SSD could even copy all your data to hidden parts.
I would like SSD's without a controller, where the OS is reponseable for bad-block mapping and wear leveling. Or SSD's with open source firmware.
See here a list of the tasks of the processor in a SSD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive#Controller
With regards, Paul van der Vlis.
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