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On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 05:20:18PM +0100, Alain Didierjean wrote: |
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> Just about to install gentoo on a used SSD (Samsung SSD 840 120G). |
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> How to proceed to get a clean, like new SSD ? |
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> Could the --security-erase or --security-erase-enhanced hdparm options do the job or should I use something more sophisticated (or more efficient) ? |
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Hi, |
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Have you looked at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/SSD ? |
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I suppose what exactly you are asking for, is to make new filesystems on |
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your SSD, mount them and then do "fstrim <mountpoint>". But the article |
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suggests to run that regularly rather than once. |
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Hope that helps. |
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