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On 2018-02-16 01:19, John Andersen wrote:
On 02/15/2018 02:46 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Trimming is only possible once the machine boots. This problem is before booting.
Think outside the box Carlos.....
If you weren't trimming at all, or your trim didn't work, the device might need to force a trim at boot time.
Not if the disk has just been installed and was bought new... minas-tirith:~ # systemctl status fstrim.timer ● fstrim.timer - Discard unused blocks once a week Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fstrim.timer; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (waiting) since Thu 2018-02-15 19:56:28 CET; 15h ago Docs: man:fstrim minas-tirith:~ # minas-tirith:~ # grep fstrim /var/log/messages <3.6> 2018-01-29 00:00:21 minas-tirith fstrim 7952 - - /other: 1.8 GiB (1904267264 bytes) trimmed <3.6> 2018-01-29 00:00:21 minas-tirith fstrim 7952 - - /boot: 131.6 MiB (138023936 bytes) trimmed <3.6> 2018-01-29 00:00:21 minas-tirith fstrim 7952 - - /: 10.7 GiB (11448799232 bytes) trimmed <3.6> 2018-02-05 00:00:21 minas-tirith fstrim 3094 - - /other: 1.8 GiB (1904267264 bytes) trimmed <3.6> 2018-02-05 00:00:21 minas-tirith fstrim 3094 - - /boot: 131.6 MiB (138024960 bytes) trimmed <3.6> 2018-02-05 00:00:21 minas-tirith fstrim 3094 - - /: 10.7 GiB (11472986112 bytes) trimmed <3.6> 2018-02-14 09:58:39 minas-tirith fstrim 5014 - - /other: 0 B (0 bytes) trimmed <3.6> 2018-02-14 09:58:39 minas-tirith fstrim 5014 - - /boot: 4.6 MiB (4846592 bytes) trimmed <3.6> 2018-02-14 09:58:39 minas-tirith fstrim 5014 - - /: 683.3 MiB (716529664 bytes) trimmed minas-tirith:~ # minas-tirith:~ # zgrep fstrim /var/log/messages*z minas-tirith:~ # minas-tirith:~ # fstrim --all -v /other: 1.8 GiB (1904267264 bytes) trimmed /boot: 131.1 MiB (137501696 bytes) trimmed /: 9.3 GiB (9927008256 bytes) trimmed minas-tirith:~ # Interestingly, /home is not mentioned. Nor swap. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)