From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B13813800E for ; Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:37:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3444A21C024; Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:37:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.hadt.biz (sil.hadt.biz [5.9.16.100]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE69421C01F for ; Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:35:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.255.100] (p5DCC7870.dip.t-dialin.net [93.204.120.112]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.hadt.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DA81A40040 for ; Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:35:41 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <500C47FD.2070103@hadt.biz> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:35:41 +0200 From: Michael Hampicke User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120722 Thunderbird/14.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (2) HDD or SSD ? References: <20120720073144.GE2871@ca.inter.net> <1845885.eR33Cx4xls@localhost> <500C31BE.8090908@hadt.biz> <500C3C62.2080609@binarywings.net> In-Reply-To: <500C3C62.2080609@binarywings.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: ec19bf54-3b58-4494-8a21-31ded27ba2c5 X-Archives-Hash: e601bb14b00b5034c28287939bb4cada Am 22.07.2012 19:46, schrieb Florian Philipp: > Am 22.07.2012 19:30, schrieb Pandu Poluan: >> >> On Jul 23, 2012 12:05 AM, "Michael Hampicke" > > wrote: >>> >>>> I have just a (maybe silly) question... >>>> I saw on some forums that partitionning SSDs could slow down read/write >>>> access. >>>> Is it true or simply intox ? >>>> On my sata HD, i have boot, /, usr and home separated partitions. >>>> What do you think of it ? >>> >>> This could happen of the partitions on the SSD are not properly aligned. >>> The guides I know on this subject are german, but thats no problem, just >>> do a google search for something like "linux ssd partition alignment". >>> There you will find all the ansers you need. >>> >>> If I remember correctly parted has a built-in alignment check. >>> >> >> Even the venerable fdisk now properly align partitions, IIRC. >> >> Rgds, >> > > cfdisk is one of the few that don't. > Right, cfdisk was the one, but I always likes it's console 'gui' as it was so easy to use. But cgdisk (of sys-apps/gptfdisk) is a good replacement for cfdisk.