[kwlug-disc] Installing onto an SSD

[Remi Gauvin]

On 2021-03-10 6:00 p.m., Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> I will be installing Debian onto a SATA SSD (a Samsung EVO 870). Is
> there anything in particular I should be doing differently than if I
> was installing to a spinning-rust drive? Do I have to worry about
> sector alignment or trim or something, or does the install handle
> everything for me?
> 
> - Paul
> 

Short version: The install should handle it for you.

Somewhat longer version:

You'll want to periodically run fstrim command on the ssd.  Debian
probably had a cronjob in the /etc/cron.daily to run fstrim -a