SSD & Linux

[Wayne D]

The Magician software doesn't work on ALL Samsung drives.  Just specific models.  Look this up on the Samsung site.




On 06/22/2016 05:26 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:08:07 -0700
> Lyle Tuttle <l.tuttle at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Got a new SSD to update my laptop.....Samsung 850 EVO -- looks like
>> the software is not compatible w/Linux Mint 17.3.....anyone have a
>> solution?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> lyle
> That's a mystery. I'm sitting here with Void Linux on a 256GB SSD root
> partition (and some mounts on spinning disks). I didn't have to do
> anything out of the ordinary.
>
> When you say "looks like the software is not compatible w/Linux Mint
> 17.3", what observable phenomina lead you to that conclusion? What
> messages and beeps (if any) do you see and hear? How far does it get
> into the boot?
>   
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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