[EdLUG] SSD

[Andrew Smith]

Andrew
Symbolic links will do the job just fine.
-s option with ln. I used a  similar situation to store all my iplayer
downloads on a separate drive.
Andrew


On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 at 20:39, Andrew Ramage <andrew.ramage.1963 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have decided that lining them to a directory under my home directory
> is the best option.  Here are the commands.
>
> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks$ mkdir One
> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks$ cd One
> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks/One$ ln /media/andrew/6435-3539/
> ln: /media/andrew/6435-3539/: hard link not allowed for directory
> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks/One$ ln -s /media/andrew/6435-3539/
> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks/One$ cd ..
> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks$ mkdir Two
> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks$ cd Two
> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks/Two$ ln -s /media/andrew/76E8-CACF/
>
> Will I be able to save files to directories One/6435-3539/ and
> Two/76E8-CACF/ to put files on the SDs ?
>
> On 21/06/2020 20:09, Roy wrote:ow do I find
> >
> > On 21/06/2020 18:59, Andrew Ramage wrote:
> >> ed I have just acquired a hub for SD cards and two 64G SD cards.  Is
> >> there any way to link these cards to the SSD in my computer, which
> >> has 45.9G free space ?
> >>
> > Andrew,
> >
> > How are they connected to your PC?
> > onn
> > Internally, they are the same technology as your SSD but the SD card
> > interface makes them less than half the speed, at best.
> >
> > To keep the size and cost down, SD cards may be missing features that
> > an SSD has, like trim and wear leveling.
> >
> > Do some speed tests before you think about how the merge them with
> > your SSD. That may indicate that there are areas of your install that
> > they are not suitable for.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Roy Bamford
> >
> >
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