On Jul 23, 2012 12:05 AM, "Michael Hampicke" <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,