[kwlug-disc] Installing onto an SSD

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 2:12 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> So on Debian 10 the install did not do everything. There is a
> fstrim.timer job set up for systemd, but I needed
>
> systemctl enable fstrim.timer
>
> in order to activate it.
>
> I also made the change to my /etc/default/grub to disable
> queued trim. Thanks for the suggestions. I was feeling dumb for asking
> (I am the last human being on Earth who had not moved into the 21st
> century with an SSD) but I am glad I asked.


Just checked on my Xubuntu 18.04, and found this:

# systemctl status fstrim.timer
 fstrim.timer - Discard unused blocks once a week
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fstrim.timer; enabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
   Active: active (waiting) since Fri 2021-01-15 13:37:23 EST; 1 months 25
days ago
  Trigger: Mon 2021-03-15 00:00:00 EDT; 2 days left
     Docs: man:fstrim

Jan 15 13:37:23 tilapia systemd[1]: Started Discard unused blocks once a
week.

So it seems that it is enabled by default, and working ...
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