Bodhi Legacy 5.0 installed on my older EeePC, 701 with a 4GiB SSD and a
SanDisk type A1 32GiB UHS-1 card inserted into card slot. The previous installation of the same OS, but without the card in place, seemed to run OK, but perhaps it was not to be trusted, given the numerous installer error messages related to inadequate disk space. After the card was inserted, the installation went to completion without 'glitches'.
The installation was primarily directed to the card, but with boot and swap on the SSD. Possibly other directories may be symlinked to the SSD as needed, depending on how much space remains on the drive and whether there would be a speed advantage. This is still a work in progress as the screen hinges have to be lubricated before any additional use, to prevent internal damage to the 701's case.
In a netbook of this age I though using SD memory--that can easily be re-purposed in the future--was the better option than trying to upgrade the SSD. The original SSD's capacity was adequate for 3.x versions of Bodhi, but with the constantly expanding size of Bodhi's Ubuntu base (thanks to Jeff, for explaining Bodhi's size increases), going to 5.0 without extra storage--as far as I could see--wouldn't have been feasible.
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type-A1 card has a controller designed for running programs ('apps', as they say) and if it's OK with 'programs' it should be OK with 'operating systems', as well. It will never reach its advertised read-write speed because that requires the device using it to have A1-compatible SD-adapter circuitry, something not to be found on a 10-year old netbook. Of course, the 701's original SSD was never a read-write speed demon, either, so it remains to be seen how these two forms of storage compare, in actual use.
The kernel in 5.0 Legacy is an excellent match for the 701's graphics hardware: xrandr screen scaling and panning both work perfectly. This really makes the 701's screen usable. One of the versions in Bodhi's 4.x series, I think, was having problems -- due to the kernel, of course -- with xrandr incompatibility. So, it's nice to be on the latest version and still have the netbook working correctly.
In addition to working correctly, both panning and scaling remain unchanged when Moksha is Reset. In Enlightenment, this wiped out the changes until the resolution scripts were run, again.
If there's anything else I shall repost after the 701's screen hinges are safe to use. On the 701SD that I'm now using, I didn't realize what stiff hinges were doing and so the internal plastic support posts required extensive repairs, to prevent the screen--literally--from falling off. It seems on the EeePCs, the hinges wear by becoming tighter, and not looser, as one would normally expect.