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In fact, it is even better to start your partitons on a '''512k''' block boundary. To do that, start fdisk with the parameters ''''-H 32 -C 32 -c'''' and create a completely new partitiontable. | In fact, it is even better to start your partitons on a '''512k''' block boundary. To do that, start fdisk with the parameters ''''-H 32 -C 32 -c'''' and create a completely new partitiontable. | ||
fdisk -H 32 -C 32 -c | |||
'''Note: for Intel SSD's use a different command: | '''Note: for Intel SSD's use a different command: | ||
fdisk -H 16 -S 16''' | fdisk -H 16 -S 16 -c''' | ||
Revision as of 16:05, 14 November 2011
When you want to install Linux to an SSD, there are a lot of things to think about. This wiki post will look at all those things.
1. start your partitons on a 4k boundary
Because SSD's use 'blocks' of 4k in size, you must line up the partition boudaries on a block boudary for the best performance.
In fact, it is even better to start your partitons on a 512k block boundary. To do that, start fdisk with the parameters '-H 32 -C 32 -c' and create a completely new partitiontable.
fdisk -H 32 -C 32 -c
Note: for Intel SSD's use a different command:
fdisk -H 16 -S 16 -c