Kubuntu on M2 PCIe disk?

[rikona]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 21:42:48 +0100
Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 at 05:55, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
> >
> > It's upgrade time, from 16.04... Considering putting a new install
> > of Kubuntu on a new M2 PCIe disk to improve performance a bit [same
> > old box otherwise]. Would this be a normal UEFI large-disk install,
> > as on a hard disk, or is there more to it? Any problems, issues,
> > etc?  
> 
> The most important information here is something you do not give:
> 
> On what make/model of computer?

Home built; has an ASUS 970_PRO_GAMING_AURA MoBo; AMD proc.

> Does it have an M2 interface?

Yes - PCIe, but the manual doesn't say which one. I'm assuming 3 since a
bit old...

> If yes, and your firmware is current, it should be no problem.

OK - thanks - sounds good

> If no, then it could be tricky and I'd suggest a SATA SSD instead.

That's what I was thinking originally but (1) I noticed that M2 PCIe has
a much faster interface speed than SATA, but (2) there seemed to be many
problems with M2s so thought I'd better ask.

Will try the HD boot/run + large database on the M2. 

Thanks.