On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Karol Babioch <karol@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Am 07.01.2013 17:24, schrieb Mike Cloaked: > > but I am unclear if this happens automatically or > I haven't noticed any issues and beside the "noatime" mount option > haven't changed anything. > > I don't know whether or not you've already read the Wiki article, see > [4]. I think its a good starting point for all of your questions and > most of it got covered there. > > Best regards, > Karol Babioch > > [1] http://asalor.blogspot.de/2011/08/trim-dm-crypt-problems.html > [2] http://kerneltrap.org/node/14148 > [3] https://www.heise.de/artikel-archiv/ct/2012/03/66 > [4] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SSD > > Yes I have read the arch wiki articles which are very helpful as you say - though I wanted to also hear of real experiences which you and Karol have both replied about and which are very re-assuring - and it seems that modern quality SSD drives are much less likely to have problems than those that were available only a few years ago - I have my ssd drives ready to install onto the motherboard. Now I am quite looking forward to putting the hardware together and getting the install done - and seeing how it all works with the OS running with the best practice set up according to the advice and help I have had from the replies from this list. So thank you for your help and hints and tips - it is very much appreciated. -- mike c