From: Florian Philipp <lists@binarywings.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (2) HDD or SSD ?
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:46:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <500C4A87.6020404@binarywings.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <500C47FD.2070103@hadt.biz>
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Am 22.07.2012 20:35, schrieb Michael Hampicke:
> 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" <gentoo-user@hadt.biz
>>> <mailto:gentoo-user@hadt.biz>> 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.
>
Good to know. cfdisk was my favorite, too.
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-20 7:31 [gentoo-user] new machine : (2) HDD or SSD ? Philip Webb
2012-07-20 8:12 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-07-20 15:48 ` Paul Hartman
2012-07-20 16:05 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-07-22 16:19 ` Jacques Montier
2012-07-22 17:00 ` Michael Hampicke
2012-07-22 17:17 ` Jacques Montier
2012-07-22 17:30 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-07-22 17:46 ` Florian Philipp
2012-07-22 18:35 ` Michael Hampicke
2012-07-22 18:46 ` Florian Philipp [this message]
2012-07-23 14:53 ` Paul Hartman
2012-07-22 17:13 ` Pandu Poluan
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