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 8575B1381F3 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 07:23:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CED3CE0C27; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 07:23:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com (mail-wi0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9092BE0C18 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 07:23:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f181.google.com with SMTP id hq4so4043201wib.8 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:23:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nqC5DEmZCAf2tBEagn1hJV75hd4FM9zAPCeCSwSorV8=; b=DSnZgsROzSkmarwO4avLniUkueYFcD+Hx2DX/bnC/TU7S8R6GXE0PC+1AqfGi9u+Jt GPvkwGzv+4FaM4C8kbxvpLO5L4wDeLmFplrvVrGpB2l9vwGGwp8ve3+uVgb0sZSU6b0w guTkmWVWKrOrJbQnNqVpOSS9a5TlSbRQQHcJiRPfJG8+6PxyUcA5UChd0PQo+Cgn5r6t /0/1zirOTmfZ2fzLZzA6yTgbBdrLQzD0xEd/i7g0CSAL8trSU0Mgzzx6i1bX8OzK2Z/G 6Laf4AQVQ0LdnPDRuUKzJGZEvPOBNmKUI766/gfxZZgvqMRf4kJF7IJ0Tli9D7B5ufvM hrKg== X-Received: by 10.180.160.165 with SMTP id xl5mr21627342wib.46.1374218614244; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:23:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.1.20.209] (dustpuppy.is.co.za. [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id w4sm21027573wia.9.2013.07.19.00.23.32 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:23:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51E8E8E9.7010501@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:21:13 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130709 Thunderbird/17.0.7 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] SSD partitioning and migration References: <20130718182232.5c1301ce@acme7.acmenet> <51E8E30E.20906@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51E8E30E.20906@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: bc16e361-fb60-488a-8f3d-6f23ed7eb9fe X-Archives-Hash: 9942417686f170785bf619323b13bad0 On 19/07/2013 08:56, Dale wrote: > luis jure wrote: >> >> hello list, >> >> i want to migrate my system, currently in a HD, to a new SSD. i >> thought it >> would be easy, but i decided to read a little before partitioning the >> disk >> (my first SDD) and now i'm really confused... >> >> i intend to have only two partitions in the SSD: one for / and the other >> for /home. i have another HD for storage, where i'm going to put swap. >> >> apparently it's better to use a GPT partitioning. are there any catches i >> should take into account? what about grub, can i just install it later on >> the ssd? >> >> thanks for any comment or pointers, i found so many different "guides" >> saying different things that i'm really confused. >> >> >> best, >> >> >> lj >> >> >> > > > Do you really want to put /home on a SSD? Why not? /home is the most frequently-read directory on most systems, and SSD is ideal for that. If you are concerned about wear-levelling, /home is not the danger point -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com