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 04A1A1381F3 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:22:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DD3E0E0C58; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:22:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ye0-f174.google.com (mail-ye0-f174.google.com [209.85.213.174]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 61964E0C2C for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:22:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ye0-f174.google.com with SMTP id m9so1217320yen.33 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 01:22:13 -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=vnpsuJMstA5b6zmexe8NQiciEjCb8VwK3Mc0i8jjdEg=; b=jwOshRuvsEJ/oRaoXAUeUGH4Uyl1uGBD2Laxu89e7L5ATdG6MvYpFfJtymUw1xMd5L +qssZz2GBwbe+GD5Mf3BHg++Kk+WwMP1N9C+56HOLr1YCc9eRZcvVIbfYZRmkZfswoGc HCRwnbQRrF0IOEHbzheOirQo3790nTcCJbjFg/hPq3RQGRaH3EqKEbv39LMvwFElwm0S fkk5bSnZlSLVr90jCed7nSh5f+ZZptS4Ji1mebrLqcTGFPy2CllJWwG0fXI8zVo5MU5e NOzAe/ky0QMCV8yScZ0mPBgz+A7K4pk3i/Jv6kAF7lusKpWtyiOcQn8ZTN3Z5hLV5wqJ HKfQ== X-Received: by 10.236.231.212 with SMTP id l80mr7868198yhq.62.1374222133361; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 01:22:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-122-60.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.122.60]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id z45sm20200892yhb.0.2013.07.19.01.22.11 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 19 Jul 2013 01:22:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51E8F733.7070306@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 03:22:11 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:22.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/22.0 SeaMonkey/2.19 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> <51E8E8E9.7010501@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51E8E8E9.7010501@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3cda3211-c8df-4c78-a97c-1d307648cecb X-Archives-Hash: e134764dcf71f8fa1e03f19a0a031d09 Alan McKinnon wrote: > 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 > > Interesting. I'm not sure I would want mine on a SSD even if it would fit on one. The only part that might help would be my .kde and .mozilla directory. I'm going to get me one of these things one of these days tho. I almost got one a while back that was on sale but they had sold out. :/ Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!