There are also PATA SSD that are a bit more reliable, and fit the standard mount on older laptops. Because some models include several workarounds for older equipment (automatic wear leveling), these can last quite some time even with an OS that never supported SSD (turn off swap when possible).
If it is something important like old equipment, a CompactFlash SLC card with a PATA adapter is a proven solution.
Usually it is better to drop an old OS image into a 86box, and make the recovered backing image read-only. =3
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There are also PATA SSD that are a bit more reliable, and fit the standard mount on older laptops. Because some models include several workarounds for older equipment (automatic wear leveling), these can last quite some time even with an OS that never supported SSD (turn off swap when possible).
If it is something important like old equipment, a CompactFlash SLC card with a PATA adapter is a proven solution.
Usually it is better to drop an old OS image into a 86box, and make the recovered backing image read-only. =3