FZ-55 MK1 SSD caddy works with NVME drives

[theoak2]

I took a chance and ordered a "Genuine FZ-55 MK1 Caddy M.2 SSD Bracket FZ-VSDR55T1W For Panasonic ToughBook" (eBay). It shipped from China, and *appears* to be the real thing, but there are some clever fakes out there, so you never really know. The MK1 version of FZ-55 comes from the factory with a SATA M.2 drive, so I figured that I would have to find another SATA M.2 drive to go in the new (empty) caddy. SATA M.2 drives with encryption are comparatively expensive compared to their NVME counterparts.

I decided to try an NVME M.2 drive, just to see if it worked. To my surprise, IT WORKED!! So I now have a separate Linux (Ubuntu 24.04 Cinnamon) drive that I can easily swap out with the factory Windows 11 drive.