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SSD options in /etc/fstab stop machine from booting
I just recently installed 12.10 on a new Lenovo T430, and added these options in \etc\fstab:
discard, relatime
To \sda1 on which \ is installed. When I rebooted, I got an error claiming that it ...
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What happens to remounted data/directories
According to suggestions in this post I am trying to improve my system to run better with a Solid State Drive. But regarding to RAMdisks and /etc/fstab usage I have some understanding problems coming ...
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Why isn't discard automatic for SSDs?
I was surprised to find that the discard option still isn't added automatically to my fstab, even though I have an SSD. Thus I have to follow these instructions to add it.
Why doesn't the installer ...
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Moved to SSD and now getting “the disk drive for / is not ready yet”
I moved my Ubuntu 12.04 install over to an SSD drive. Copied all directories except for the ones most often written to - var, tmp, ...
Reinstalled grub into SSD by booting with live CD and following ...
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Best /etc/fstab setings for boosting SSD/HDD
I know EXT4 is the fastest by 3y already checking test blog posts from different authors But theres also other settings that make SSD faster i found in ...
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How can I move /var to another harddrive?
I've put a new SSD as /dev/sda, the old HD as /dev/sdb. And done a fresh installation as one partition on /dev/sda1.
The main quirk in my set-up is that I don't want to repartition the old HD, since ...
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How to layout the filesystem for a small SSD and a big HDD?
Since I don't use my laptop's CD-drive I want to put a small (8 GB) SSD into the CD-drive slot (I'll use a caddy similar to this one). I want to use compressed btrfs on the SSD and put all the data on ...
