M.2 to PCIe Adapter play nice with qubes?

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Stumpy

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Aug 10, 2019, 2:33:54 PM8/10/19
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My current box does not have m.2 slots but I plan on upgrading my box in
the next year or so. Thing is, I need more space and some additional
speed would be nice.

I did not want to by a 2.5 sata3 drive when I will be upgrading.

With that said, I was looking at PCIe/m.2 adapter cards like these:
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100160874%204114%204115&d=m%2E2%20pcie&Order=REVIEWS

Has anyone tried adapter cards like these with qubes 4+? Is there any
reason they should not play nice with Qubes 4+?

brenda...@gmail.com

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Aug 11, 2019, 10:04:34 PM8/11/19
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M.2 NVME SSD devices are just PCIe devices with a special connector. If your main board supports PCIe 3.0 then the adapter should work just like it was an onboard M.2 slot, with one possible exception: depending on the BIOS, it might not be a bootable device.

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