On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:00:24 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: [....] > Oh, how do you unsoldier the drive? My understanding is this unit has > the drive hard wired........ You don't. Nobody touched it. What I know of hardware would go in a gnat's eye. But when the tech unscrewed the two little screws and took the back plate off (NB : voiding the warranty), the memory stick slipped out and the new one in, just like in any other computer. With a slight push at the exposed corner, the card comes far enough out to pull the rest of the way, and the new one slips in. No soldering iron need apply. > I have /root and /home on the 8Gb SD card and /boot, /var, and a 2Gb > swap on the 4Gb SSD. I should certainly try something like that, especially while I'm checking out umpteen distros; some of them might be able to use those -- assuming you give each its own partition?? -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.