On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 3:47 PM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Howdy,
>
> I finally broke down and bought a SSD.  It's a Samsung V-Nand 870 EVO
> 500GB.  My current OS sits on a 160GB drive so should be plenty.  I plan
> to even add a boot image for the Gentoo LiveGUI thingy, maybe Knoppix or
> something plus my usual OS.  By the way, caught one for sale for
> $40.00.  It has a production date of 5/2021.
>
> My question is this.  Do I need anything special in the kernel or
> special fstab options for this thing?  I know at one point there was
> folks having problems with certain settings.  I did some googling and it
> seems to be worked out but I want to be sure I don't blow this thing up
> or something.
>
> Anything else that makes these special?  Any tips or tricks?
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
> P. S.  I'm hoping this will make my system a little more responsive.
> Maybe.  Either way, that 160GB drive is getting a little full.
>