Hi, currentlu I am setting up a new PC for my 12-years old one, which has reached the limits of its "computational power" :)
SSDs are a common replacement for HDs nowaday -- but I still trust my HDs more than this "flashy" things...call me retro or oldschool, but it my current "Bauchgefühl" (gut feeling). To reduce write cycles to the SSD, which are quite a lot when using UNIX/Limux (logging etc) and especially GENTOO (compiling sources instead of using binary packages -- which is GOOD!), I am planning the following setup: The sustem will boot from SSD. The HD will contain the whole system including the complete root filesustem. Updateing, installing via Gentoo tools will run using the HD. If that process has ended, I will rsync the HD based root fileystem to the SSD. Folders, which will be written to by the sustem while running will be symlinked to the HD. This should work...? Or is there another idea to setup a system which will benefit from the advantages of a SSD by avoiding its disadvantages? Background: I am normally using a PC a long time and try to avoid buying things for reasons like being more modern or being newer. Any idea to setup such a sustem is heardly welcone -- thank you very much in advance! Cheers! Meino
