Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on SSD

2017-09-27 Thread Stefano Crocco
On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 17:04:53 CEST Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > aside from that you might want to specify a different IO scheduler for > the SSD, I do that via udev rules like: > > # 60-sched.rules > # set deadline scheduler for non-rotating disks > ACTION=="add|change", KERNEL=="sd[a-

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on SSD

2017-09-27 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
aside from that you might want to specify a different IO scheduler for the SSD, I do that via udev rules like: # 60-sched.rules # set deadline scheduler for non-rotating disks ACTION=="add|change", KERNEL=="sd[a-z]", ATTR{queue/rotational}=="0", ATTR{queue/scheduler}="deadline" # set cfq sc

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on SSD

2017-09-23 Thread Stefano Crocco
On Saturday, 23 September 2017 21:27:45 CEST Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Stefano Crocco > > wrote: > > Hello to everyone, > > I just bought a 250 GB SSD and I'm planning to install Gentoo on it. I've > > read > > > the Gentoo Wiki page on this and searched Goog

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on SSD

2017-09-23 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Stefano Crocco wrote: > > Hello to everyone, > I just bought a 250 GB SSD and I'm planning to install Gentoo on it. I've read > the Gentoo Wiki page on this and searched Google for hints on this, but since > I found out that much information was either contradictor

[gentoo-user] gentoo on SSD

2017-09-23 Thread Stefano Crocco
Hello to everyone, I just bought a 250 GB SSD and I'm planning to install Gentoo on it. I've read the Gentoo Wiki page on this and searched Google for hints on this, but since I found out that much information was either contradictory or outdated, I'm asking anyone with first-hand experience on

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:57:27 +, Stroller wrote: > I have recently decided to blame solar flares & cosmic ray induced > muon showers whenever one of my customers asks why their PC is broken. We are coming out of a long period of minimal solar activity with activity expected to hit a high pea

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 22 February 2010 12:57:27 Stroller wrote: > On 22 Feb 2010, at 07:54, daid kahl wrote: > > ... > > As far as I know, solid state devices are much more susceptible to > > solar flare damage, particularly if you are outside. This is not > > exactly common, but hey. Of course I also have a

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-22 Thread Stroller
On 22 Feb 2010, at 07:54, daid kahl wrote: ... As far as I know, solid state devices are much more susceptible to solar flare damage, particularly if you are outside. This is not exactly common, but hey. Of course I also have a theory that not an insignificant number of computer problems are c

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-22 Thread daid kahl
On 17 February 2010 06:27, Grant wrote: >>> I thought SSDs were projected to >>> last longer than HDs? Also, from what I've read, SLC should last much >>> longer than MLC. >> >> It's the other way round: HD's last longer dan SSD's. [1] >> >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive#Dis

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:27:22 -0800, Grant wrote: > I'm troubled by the ever-lurking possibility of an HD failure and I > thought SSDs would be my way out. Is an HD the best choice for > reliability? A single drive, be it HD or SSD, is always at risk of failure. If this is a significant concern,

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-16 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 16.02.2010 22:27, schrieb Grant: > It sounds like SSDs don't have the > projected longevity they did when I researched this a year or so ago. > I'm troubled by the ever-lurking possibility of an HD failure and I > thought SSDs would be my way out. Is an HD the best choice for > reliability? I

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Dienstag 16 Februar 2010, Grant wrote: > >> I thought SSDs were projected to > >> last longer than HDs? Also, from what I've read, SLC should last much > >> longer than MLC. > > > > It's the other way round: HD's last longer dan SSD's. [1] > > > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-16 Thread Grant
>>  I thought SSDs were projected to >> last longer than HDs?  Also, from what I've read, SLC should last much >> longer than MLC. > > It's the other way round: HD's last longer dan SSD's. [1] > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive#Disadvantages Thanks for the link. I did some Goo

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-16 Thread Ward Poelmans
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 22:04, Grant wrote: >  I thought SSDs were projected to > last longer than HDs?  Also, from what I've read, SLC should last much > longer than MLC. It's the other way round: HD's last longer dan SSD's. [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive#Disadvantages

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-16 Thread Grant
> I'm thinking of re-installing Gentoo on an Intel 40 Megs SSD -- excluding the > most often writen dirs like /var, /tmp, /home --. What do you think ? I'll be > glad to hear about previous experiences. What about swap ? Is it safe to have > it > on the SSD ? Why exclude the most written dirs? I

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-16 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 16.02.2010 11:42, schrieb Norman Rieß: > Am 02/16/10 10:28, schrieb alain.didierj...@free.fr: >> I'm thinking of re-installing Gentoo on an Intel 40 Megs SSD -- >> excluding the >> most often writen dirs like /var, /tmp, /home --. What do you think ? >> I'll be >> glad to hear about previous exp

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Dienstag 16 Februar 2010, alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: > I'm thinking of re-installing Gentoo on an Intel 40 Megs SSD -- excluding > the most often writen dirs like /var, /tmp, /home --. What do you think ? > I'll be glad to hear about previous experiences. What about swap ? Is it > safe to h

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-16 Thread Norman Rieß
Am 02/16/10 10:28, schrieb alain.didierj...@free.fr: I'm thinking of re-installing Gentoo on an Intel 40 Megs SSD -- excluding the most often writen dirs like /var, /tmp, /home --. What do you think ? I'll be glad to hear about previous experiences. What about swap ? Is it safe to have it on the

[gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-16 Thread alain . didierjean
I'm thinking of re-installing Gentoo on an Intel 40 Megs SSD -- excluding the most often writen dirs like /var, /tmp, /home --. What do you think ? I'll be glad to hear about previous experiences. What about swap ? Is it safe to have it on the SSD ?