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   From: Lem@none.invalid   
      
   Il Tue, 8 Oct 2024 22:10:47 +0100, SteveW ha scritto:   
      
   > You also need to check what the specific motherboard and its BIOS is   
   > capable of. Some older ones cannot boot from a drive added to a PCIe   
   > slot   
      
   Yep. Some of those old *UEFI* BIOS should be moddable - there must be some   
   tutorial online...   
      
   > you can place the boot manager on a SATA drive, but have the   
   > operating system load from the M2 drive.   
      
   To boot an old motherboard - based on chipset P67, and with a pcie to nvme   
   adapter, I use an usb dongle with the boot manager and /boot on it. Simple   
   and effective.   
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   Bye, Lem   
      
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