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March 13, 2018 at 10:52 am #7757
rokytnji
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    Sata ssd drives. Run trim manually. It pays to check if sata drive is trim capable 1st. Here is the manual commands to run trim.
    To trim home partition the command is
    fstrim -v /home
    To trim root partition the command is
    fstrim -v /

    To see if ssd is trim capable , I mention this because a couple of my atom ide ssd drives are not trim capable.

    hdparm -I /dev/ssdname,

    replacing “ssdname” with the name of your SSD. That is usually /dev/sda. It should be mounted. Gparted will supply some info on mount. Name of ssd can be found this way. By the way. In Terminal. Trim and /etc/fstab can take up it’s own thread. I am just showing how to do this manually. Instead of during bootup. Using root terminal in Antix.

     parted -l
Model: ATA KINGSTON SV300S3 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 60.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 2      1049kB  8390MB  8389MB  primary  ext4
 1      8390MB  60.0GB  51.6GB  primary  ext4
    


     hdparm -I /dev/sda

/dev/sda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
	Model Number:       KINGSTON SV300S37A60G                   
	Serial Number:      50026B7743028DAC    
	Firmware Revision:  521ABBF0
	Transport:          Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0
Standards:
	Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0110) 
	Supported: 8 7 6 5 
	Likely used: 8
Configuration:
	Logical		max	current
	cylinders	16383	16383
	heads		16	16
	sectors/track	63	63
	--
	CHS current addressable sectors:    16514064
	LBA    user addressable sectors:   117231408
	LBA48  user addressable sectors:   117231408
	Logical  Sector size:                   512 bytes
	Physical Sector size:                   512 bytes
	Logical Sector-0 offset:                  0 bytes
	device size with M = 1024*1024:       57241 MBytes
	device size with M = 1000*1000:       60022 MBytes (60 GB)
	cache/buffer size  = unknown
	Nominal Media Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Capabilities:
	LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
	Queue depth: 32
	Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, with device specific minimum
	R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16	Current = 16
	Advanced power management level: 254
	DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 
	     Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
	PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
	     Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
	Enabled	Supported:
	   *	SMART feature set
	    	Security Mode feature set
	   *	Power Management feature set
	   *	Write cache
	    	Look-ahead
	   *	Host Protected Area feature set
	   *	WRITE_BUFFER command
	   *	READ_BUFFER command
	   *	NOP cmd
	   *	DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
	   *	Advanced Power Management feature set
	    	Power-Up In Standby feature set
	   *	SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up
	    	SET_MAX security extension
	   *	48-bit Address feature set
	   *	Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
	   *	FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
	   *	SMART error logging
	   *	SMART self-test
	   *	General Purpose Logging feature set
	   *	WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
	   *	64-bit World wide name
	   *	IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD
	    	Write-Read-Verify feature set
	   *	{READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
	   *	Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
	   *	unknown 119[6]
	   *	Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
	   *	Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
	   *	Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s)
	   *	Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
	   *	Phy event counters
	   *	NCQ priority information
	   *	READ_LOG_DMA_EXT equivalent to READ_LOG_EXT
	   *	DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
	    	Device-initiated interface power management
	   *	Software settings preservation
	   *	SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
	   *	SCT Write Same (AC2)
	   *	SCT Data Tables (AC5)
	   *	reserved 69[3]
	   *	DOWNLOAD MICROCODE DMA command
	   *	SET MAX SETPASSWORD/UNLOCK DMA commands
	   *	WRITE BUFFER DMA command
	   *	READ BUFFER DMA command
	   *	Data Set Management TRIM supported (limit 1 block)
Security: 
	Master password revision code = 65534
		supported
	not	enabled
	not	locked
		frozen
	not	expired: security count
		supported: enhanced erase
	2min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 2min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50026b7743028dac
	NAA		: 5
	IEEE OUI	: 0026b7
	Unique ID	: 743028dac
Checksum: correct
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    fstrim -v /
/: 4.1 GiB (4359647232 bytes) trimmed<code></code>
    
fstrim -v /home
/home: 27 GiB (29034389504 bytes) trimmed

    Depending on speed of laptop and speed of ssd drive. You have to be patient and wait for it to finish. Mine takes about 40 seconds. YMMV from mine.

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