Am 15.02.2023 um 23:58 schrieb PMA: > Dear Debian, > > I'm preparing to install Debian 11.5.0 on a new computer. > Its drives are SSDs, not the HDDs I've been accustomed > to and have always fastidiously *partitioned*. > > With my file groupings already well differentiated c/o > directory-tree layout, is there any further advantage > to be had in partitioning *these* drives? > > (I do understand somewhat the difference between the > drive types -- e.g., that SSDs don't assign functional > space. I'm just not sure what other issue may apply.) > > Thanks in advance for your time! > > Best regards, > Peter Armstrong > > I do use (NVMe-) SSD, and i did partition it. I did it to make sure, pages/partitions start on PHYSICAL boundaries, not the logical ones reported to satisfy Windooze. Not every model reports correct hardware parameters to the OS.
What i would recommend, is to use GPT/UEFI if possible, to avoid future hassle and limitations (gdisk being your friend) and set alignment manually to the physical page size. That is going to avoid eventual read/write cycles to accomodate emulating 512e virtual sectors and also wasting space on the drive. Apart from that, i do not think, you would be limited to do anything you want with the installation. My personal preference has always been to have room for 3 OS partitions (20GB max each), one for real, one for fast cloning/backup and one for wild experimentation. Any serious backup belonging onto outside media/computer anyway. just my 2 cents But everybody has different needs and habits, so do, whatever suits you.
