A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data with the intention of providing access in the same manner of a traditional mechanical spinning/magnetic block i/o hard disk drive.
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Migrating encrypted LVM to a new SSD
This question is related to How to migrate an encrypted LVM install to a new disk but I couldn't post it as a comment on the answer. Help is appreciated.
Anyway, regarding the solution on the ...
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Use swap for hibernating only
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed on an SSD with the swap partition on the same disk. Now I want to use the swap partition only for hibernating (not for swapping memory) because the SSD don't like the ...
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Crucial M4/Unbutu giving a myriad of errors [duplicate]
I'm having some serious issues with my Crucial M4 SSD and Ubuntu HTPC. It's freezing frequently and randomly requiring a hard reset, often won't shut down and goes to the error screen I'll post below, ...
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Installing proprietary ATI driver bricked my SSD
Today I tried switch back to full Ubuntu, getting rid of Windows for a while again. Was attempting to install 13.04. At first try everything was fine, grabbed the driver from ATI download page, ...
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data transfer to an ssd with crucial data transfer kit
so i am thinking about buying "Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD1CCA 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC 7mm Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with Data Transfer Kit" to speed up my computer and i was wondering
if the data ...
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Failure to recognize internal SSD while installing 13.04
I'm trying to upgrade my Toshiba Satellite A135-S2246 laptop, running Windows 7, to Ubuntu-13.04, but my internal SSD is not recognized. From dmesg:
[ 9.100085] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 on a 60GB Kingston SSD ( partititions and TRIm )
Whats the difference between having / and /home on a same partition / and having them saparate partitions which is better ?
/ -> 24GB
/home -> 34GB
swap -> 2GB
OR
/ -> 58GB
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Best configuration for 1 SSD and 2 HDD's?
I'm going to be buying a sata 3 motherboard (Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3) and a new SSD (SATA 3) as my boot/programs disk.
In addition, I will be using my 2 old maxtor diamondback 10's (7200 - 300gb each) ...
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Does Ubuntu 13.04 conclusively support TRIM? [duplicate]
I'm getting ready to install (dual boot) Ubuntu, but I have heard conflicting information on how well supported TRIM is. I'm solely using an Intel 330 and would not install it if I don't know whether ...
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How should I partition my new SSD? (Journaling on another HDD?)
I know this might seem a strange question and I know I should buy a good UPS but I already had had two of them and none of them did a good job. I'm living in a house where many power outages occur ...
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One O/S, 2 Machines
quick question, Is it possible to share my Installation on my SSD between my main PC, and my laptop for when i go away, that way everything I need is still there, and dont have to worry about syncing ...
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second Operating system on ssd doesnt seem on grub menu
I have ssd and a hdd
I installed ubuntu on hdd , after this fedora on ssd however on grub menu only ubuntu appears. I am uploading the text file of boot info script please help .
Boot Info Script ...
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How to fix anacron & cups-pdf when you have /var on tempfs
I have a ssd drive in my laptop and I followed various advice that said to put /var/log /var/spool & /var/cache on a tmpfs so that the constant read/writes wouldn't lessen the life of my ssd.
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Harddrive not found after 13.04 install
I have a Toshiba laptop with a 500 GB HHD and a 32 GB SSD. I had an issue in the past when I wiped the computer clean and installed 12.04 LTS on the SSD. My HHD vanished. I looked up the answer and it ...
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New XPS, Starting on Linux, Still a Windows power user, configuration question
I just bought a Dell XPS with Windows 8. Spent several months making the choice. The OS is on the 500GB HDD, and the 32GB SSD is used as cache.. seems standard.
I've been wanting to get into Linux ...
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make another partition bootable
So I have my / on an SSD that decided to have a bad sector.
I don't know if there a way to copy the data on another partition on an HD that I already have but don't use yet and make it bootable?
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What parts of Ubuntu are not written to often?
I'm thinking of purchasing a solid state drive for my computer, to install my operating systems on. It's my understanding that SSDs don't like being written to often, so I want to make sure that the ...
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What are the advantages/disadvantages of different SSD to HDD cacheing options (dm-cache, flashcashe…)?
There appear to be various different technologies available to use an SSD to act as a cache for HHDs. The ones I know of:
dm-cache (by Redhat - in the 3.9 Kernel, so it should be in ubuntu 13.10)
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Setting up SSD+HDD Storage Properly
So the other day I purchased a 128gb SSD for my desktop.
Currently I run 12.10 on a SATA drive, but want to do a clean install on the SSD and run that as the main OS drive+apps.
I've been reading ...
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Is it possible to install Win8 next to an encrypted Ubuntu?
I run Ubuntu on an SDD (encrypted with systemtools since installation). So I want to install Windows 8 on a second partion on the same drive, but it is possible to do so, without chrashing anything, ...
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How should I partition my 128Gb Crucial SSD in my netbook for Ubuntu 13.04?
I know this is probably a question this is asked over and over again but I'm not finding anything close to an answer that I need. I am installing Ubuntu 13.04 on my Lenovo x130e netbook . It has ...
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Change Ubuntu Software Center Download directory to Different drive from OS drive?
Ok, Im relatively new to Ubuntu and have a custom built computer. I am utilizing three drives, 1 ssd, and 2 hard drives. I have installed my OS to my ssd, and want to use the other two for gaming and ...
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Sharing folders between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 in dual boot
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 as a dual boot in a preexisting Windows 7 PC. Both OS's are on an SSD and the Windows files are on a separate internal HDD ("Storage" in W7 : sda + sda1 in Ubuntu - I ...
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Nonresponsive while copying files
I just switched from Win8 to Ubuntu 13.04 as my sole OS and it's pretty nice overall. But as the last time I tried using Linux I see I still have problems simply moving large files around and ...
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Performance issue with UBUNTU
Hello I have installed Ubuntu on an OCZ SSD 240GB because I wanted lightning performance and excellent response times. This is the case when I log in everything is great. After a while of using though ...
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How to migrate Ubuntu/Windows 7 dualboot from HDD to HDD+SSD without reinstall?
I have a working dual-boot setup (Ubuntu 12.10 and Win7) on my laptop.
I got a 320GB HDD with partitions for /, /home, swap, winsys and a big windata partition. There's more than 250GB space occupied ...
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2007 Macbook Pro stays white screen for about 30 seconds before vmlinux starts
I just put Ubuntu 12.04 on an old Macbook Pro that was claimed by
a MAC repair place to be dead. Well, Ubuntu breathed new life into
it. I put in an SSD. and it's running very peppy. But when I power ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 installation freeze - HM67 chipset + SSD Intel 335
I upgraded HDD to Intel SSD 335 in my laptop (Dell Vostro 3750, chipset HM67, latest version of BIOS A14) and i cannot install Ubuntu - i tried three different versions : 32bit 11.10. and 12.04. and ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.10 segmentation faults, damaged crash reports, random letters changing in files
I have Ubuntu 12.10, on an SSD (OCZ Agility 3 128GB), with a modestly overclocked i5-2500k (4.4GHz) on motherboard P8Z68V_LX. I think there may be a problem with the SSD. Its fairly unused, and is ...
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What is recommended as optimal SSD+HDD Setup for Ubuntu?
With lots of guides and setup variations all over the internet, I find it confusing which is which to really follow. Normally, in Windows 8 my setup would be install everything in the HDD and use ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 and Prolong SSD life
I will be installing Ubuntu 12.10 on a SSD as a dual boot with Windows 7. I also have a HDD that will be used as a data drive.
I was thinking of having:
/ on SSD
/home on HDD
swap on HDD
Is there ...
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Where can I find what filesystem lvm2 uses/
After a default installation of Xubuntu (12.10) on a SSD card, I now have the following set up:
A SATA disk:
/dev/sda1 --> extended
/dev/sda5 --> ext4 (mount point: /media/mark/
A SSD disk:
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Can Windows boot from Ubuntu?
I am thinking about using two SSDs. Install each OS on one SSD. Then set the boot order to the Ubuntu one first. Then, is it possible to boot Windows from Ubuntu? This should be simple right?
I will ...
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Installing Ubuntu after formatting a laptop (Win8 pre-installed) with Uefi/Legacy boot
Here is what I got:
A pre-installed Windows 8 64 bit pro laptop, with an SSD card (Samsung PM83) and a SATA HDD. It is a Vostro 3560 from Dell.
First thing I did was create a recovery disk for ...
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How shall I partition my disk
I installed Ubuntu 64bit on a new Dell XPS 8500.
As I had no idea how to partition my disk, I installed everything in one partition.
The disk has 2TB and there is an additional 64GB SSD inside, ...
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unable to reach windows 8 in dual boot
in a HDD I have installed windows 8 and ubuntu 12.1 and all was OK. Then I attaced an ssd(kingston sv 300). My motherboard is asus m5a97 r2.0. I installed an ubuntu 12.1 to ssd. Now I cannot reach ...
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Installation fails when trying to create an EFI partition on an ASUS ux32vd (double SSD model)
I've purchased an ASUS ux32vd Ultrabook that has 2 SSD in RAID 0 configuration. I've managed to remove Windows 8 but I can't boot in Ubuntu.
When it try to create an EFI partition the installation ...
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Using an SSD - things to consider? [closed]
I am considering to buy an SSD disk for my laptop. I know it's very fast, but i am concerned about its lifetime and data integrity.
Can you please share your experience about using SSD in your ...
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How to add Windows 7 to GRUB2?
I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I want to dual boot it with Windows 7. Let me explain what did I do:
There was only Ubuntu 12.04 on and I get it's image with clonezilla. Ubuntu was ...
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Can't mount a SSD
I have a bit of a problem. I am running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on my laptop, and about 2 years ago I replaced the aging HDD with a 32 GB SSD. Today I tried to boot my computer, but it couldn't.
So I've put ...
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Moving Kubuntu from hdd to ssd
I bought a new SSD to install it in my HTPC. Before, I had an HDD with Kubuntu. I would need to copy the files from the / partition from HDD to SSD.
To do this, I booted from the Kubuntu livecd, ...
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SSD tweaks for Ubuntu 12.04 cause Texmaker to compile a lot slower
I added these tweaks from Ubuntu SSD Tweak and Ubuntu Tweaks but now Texmaker is compiling slowly. Does someone know what tweak would be causing this? Or could I edit something unrelated to the ...
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Why can't I boot Windows 7 from GRUB when an ext-HDD is connected?
I just installed ubuntu and I really like it, even though the dual-boot configuration took me at least 2 days :p
My dual-boot works fine, except for the fact my windows doesn't boot if one of my ...
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Iostat shows very little written data while installing and updating
I upgraded my T60 with a Crucial V4 128GB. Have done all the tweaks (scheduler, discard, noatime, nodirtime) and I'm finding that installing anything is very slow. Right now I'm installing some ...
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how do i install ubuntu on ssd cache and maintain windows acceleration? [duplicate]
I hope this is the right place to ask this question.
I just bought a lenovo u310 preinstalled with windows 7. It has a 32 GB ssd cache drive and a 500 GB hard drive. I want to install Ubuntu root ...
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SSD drive not mounting on Ubuntu
I have a Corsair SSD drive, but when I navigate to by going to go, then computer, and clicking on the drive, I am giving the message unable to mount location: cant mount file.
I can download items ...
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Boot Ubuntu From MSATA SSD
I have an HP Envy Ultrabook 4-1030us, which I have a 250GB 2.5" SSD and a 32 GB MSATA SSD which was originally used for the Intel RST which obviously isn't necessary because I installed an SSD. But ...
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Can I install Ubuntu server on an external SSD in USB enclosure and then move it to the internal SATA connection?
I have an HTPC/server with two HDD's inside with lots of data on them and serving several web applications that I want to keep online as much as possible.
Now I'm planning to move these two HDD's into ...
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How do I install Ubuntu onto a laptop with a 32GB SSD drive a 500GB hard drive? I want to take advantage of the quick boot option
Some people have suggested symlinking, but I have no idea how to accomplish that (despite Googling for quite a while).
Someone recommended using these steps: http://imgur.com/a/hnmdn
Specs: 14" HP ...
