Got a ssd from a friend, she bought a larger one. Its a ssd, a samsung 850 evo 120gb. Got it for half the price of a new one, she only used it for a few weeks.
So installed it in laptop, did a clean install of Linux and then followed the instructions for trimming the ssd in the help manual.
Is there anything else i need to do? During installing Linux Lite i just accepted the default settings, didnt create any partitions myself.
Hi,
No, you should be good to go.
There have been some firmware updates for certain Samsung SSD's,
but I have never had any issues, so have never bothered.
Early on there was an issue with data being incorrectly aligned to disk sectors.
It should not be an issue any more... But you can check with:
Code:
sudo blockdev --getalignoff /dev/sda1
It should return a "
0" (zero)
Hopefully you should have noticed an improvement in boot time.?
Did the check and it did return a 0
The boottime is now 23 seconds..thats from pushing the power button untill fully booted and ready to use
Its a lot faster then my old hd, but not as fast as it can be..speeds are around 250MB/sec
Edit: and an extra bonus..the laptop isnt making so much noise anymore..no rattling hd
Now i only hear the fan
O.K on the "
0", that's good.
Regarding speed... that is down to H/W ~ Disk interface, SATA 1, 2 or 3..?
Try a:
Code:
sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda
On my new PC with SATA3
On Disk1 ~ SSD:
Code:
/dev/sda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 1552 MB in 3.00 seconds = 516.84 MB/sec
On Disk 2 ~ WD 2.5" "
Black", about the fastest consumer 2.5" H.D available.
Code:
/dev/sdb:
Timing buffered disk reads: 334 MB in 3.01 seconds = 111.06 MB/sec
I got: Timing buffered disk reads: 780 MB in 3.01 seconds = 259.36 MB/sec
I think the Disk interface is sata 1..but not sure about that
That's fine, all looks good