2009/11/6 Jean-Frangois SIMON <jfsimon1...@gmail.com>: > > > 2009/11/4 Aaron Mason <simplersolut...@gmail.com> >> >> 2009/11/5 Jean-Frangois SIMON <jfsimon1...@gmail.com>: >> > Hello, >> > Is there any particular problem with installing OpenBSD on a SSD HD ? I >> > once could on one machine but on my actual machine it simply does'nt >> > work. >> > After a while, the SSD disk becomes like overloaded and unavailable to >> > continue the installing process of 4.6. >> > Regards >> > >> > >> >> Hi Jean-Francios, >> >> Is this a used SSD? That happens with used ones because they end up >> doing twice the work - once to erase the used block and again to >> actually write the block (and several blocks around them, AAMOF). >> >> If you have a "secure erase" option available, use it. This will >> restore the data blocks to an unused state, and restore full speed >> again. >> >> HTH >> > > Hi Aaron, > I'm not sure I fully understood you, yes it has been used many times. Should > I erase it completely in order to refresh properly the drive ? > > BTW I actually make regular save of the while drive because I'm afraid that > it one days stops to works (the SSD on my server) and since it actually > hosts a website, that's a good reason for me to tarball it once in a while, > generally after many updates of the site. > > Regards > Jean-Frangois >
I assume you're talking about zero filling - I'm not sure that would have the desired effect since it wouldn't mark the sectors as unused. What I'm referring to actually erases the data in each sector and marks them as unused. AFAIK only Intel drives have this functionality, but a google will tell you if yours does or not - I'm sure other people have asked. For some clarity, this page might clear things up: http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531&p=8 HTH -- Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict - Oh, why does everything I whip leave me?
