2009/11/4 Aaron Mason <[email protected]> > 2009/11/5 Jean-Frangois SIMON <[email protected]>: > > 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
