From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F6D6138350 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 18:42:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A087CE0BE1; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 18:42:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gw2.antarean.org (gw2.antarean.org [141.105.125.208]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02A61E0940 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 18:42:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw2.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48wMwJ3GbJz8xMl for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 20:42:08 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from gw2.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gw2.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id dI8VCCdcLKVe for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 20:42:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailstore1.antarean.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw2.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48wMwJ06pyz8xMH for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 20:42:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailstore1.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48wMw94lcNz13 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 20:42:01 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from mailstore1.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailstore1.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ex1-2v48LLd3 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 20:42:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lan102.nl.antarean.org (lan102.nl.antarean.org [10.20.13.202]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mailstore1.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 48wMw92YNtzj for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 20:42:01 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=antarean.org; s=default; t=1586112121; bh=tA0rn3b4WvKgL3arYFd39d2QtxKzT/maJ6uxdvfXC6o=; h=Date:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:To:From; b=VbIj+cbl8XfxEH+/T42I709v6NdC/CPPXEvtyfC2nNa5e2bMKscMfBwXNLG7yoBtk 7y+q/Ddfeq8gQw5GVLmQWvt0tT76jXvaxbdJ2spzOhRMEc5pQ/cMSljT+Kf+oIkcxg lkfm6lJhdvQwMC5lQA2n2Va3R4f1xyjfP+d+BgiY= Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 20:41:58 +0200 User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: <20200405171245.w7l2oyp63rt5i2qw@solfire> References: <20200405171245.w7l2oyp63rt5i2qw@solfire> 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: "J. Roeleveld" Message-ID: X-Archives-Salt: 9b3791f4-a56f-4171-88f0-25beea9ee6fa X-Archives-Hash: ebb7bc5e9e99498adc97b63fa169276b On 5 April 2020 19:12:45 CEST, tuxic@posteo=2Ede wrote: >Hi, > >currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all >the application I had on my old system=2E > >Due to delivery problems (corona) my SSD was delivered today >(or yesterday=2E=2E=2Eit depends=2E=2E=2E;) =2E > >When the whole compilation has finished and the system boots it >needs to be transfered to the SSD=2E > >The SSD has a heat spreader=2E=2E=2Eso it gets hot, when used=2E > >Is it wise to copy the whole root system to the SSD in one go >in respect to a not so healthy heat increase? > >And if not=2E=2E=2Ehow can I copy the root system in portions >to the SSD and do not miss anything? > >Are there SDD-friendly and SSD-unfriendlu methods of copying >greater chunks of data to a SSD (rsync, tar-pipe, cp=2E=2E=2E=2E)? >What is recommended here? > >Thanks a lot for any help for a SSD newbie in advance! > >Cheers! And stay heathy! >Meino I have been using SSDs for over 7 years now and never worried about them o= verheating=2E In my opinion, if the drive can't handle a copy operation of 20GB (how muc= h bigger is your root partition?) it should be replaced from day one=2E I only keep the portage compile dir and browser caches in RAM, the rest st= ays on the SSD=2E And as I mentioned in a previous thread about SSDs, I onl= y had one failure after 6=2E5 years=2E (That drive also had SWAP on it and = I didn't offload the browser caches yet on that one)=2E Like Mark said, it is good to keep an eye on it, but if you use decent bra= nd SSDs (Samsung and Intel), you should be able to expect 5+ years of heavy= usage=2E -- Joost --=20 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E