T410s - mPCIe SSD - Booting options

[paradiddle]

Hello,

Does anyone know how to run set a mPCIe to boot?   I am looking to make an SSD (Supertalent Corestore MV) my bootdrive from the PCIe slot.  

http://www.supertalent.com/products/ssd_category_detail.php?type=CoreStore

Thanks

[ThorsHammer]

That won't work on the T410s.  The T420s has mSATA support.

[paradiddle]

It's not mSATA like the Intel 310.   It's PCI-E SSD -- with a marvel controller

All I'm looking for is the ability to boot from the card itself... so the bio would need to recognize the PCIe as a harddrive

[ThorsHammer]

mSATA and mini or micro PCIe are overloaded terms in this case and the same. It is not supported with the T410s.

[nibs]

PCIe SSD does not always equal mSATA. For example there are full size PCIe cards for desktops, and this card may be a laptop version.

If the card works at all, you will want to find out of the T410 supports boot over PCI-E. Everything I found by googleing pointed to the idea that you will not be able to boot over PCI-E.

All is not lost and you could try a chain boot, by loading something like GRUB on your current HD and then having GRUB boot from the PCI-E drive. YMMV.

[paradiddle]

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ThorsHammer wrote:

mSATA and mini or micro PCIe are overloaded terms in this case and the same. It is not supported with the T410s.

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The mPCIe is working right now.   mSATA is not supported - even though the form factor allows it (if in mPCIe).   I have attached a screen shot... 

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/19/pciessd.jpg/

My issue is the bios as Nibs eluded too

[ThorsHammer]

So you have the CoreStore MV installed in the the ThinkPad T410s WWAN card slot?

[paradiddle]

Correct