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On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 17:40:11 +0000 comrade meowski <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > So ignoring the unexpected diversion into encryption etc, what > happened in the end then? Looking at what you've written above still > doesn't make sense - you've only bought two new drives and are > apparently keeping two of them as spares after wiping them. So what > are the "rest of the drives" you mention? So confusing... I hope that you haven't been losing sleep over this Comrade :) Each PC had 2 internal 1Tb HDDs and an external 1Tb HDD backup caddy. However, in the past few days things have changed. Having built the Ryzen Box I ordered 2 more SSDs to upgrade my work horse, thus releasing two more 1Tb HDDs I then found that the performance difference between the Ryzen and the AMD FX Black version in the main box was nothing to shout about, especially as I'm not a gamer/multi tasker. So I removed the Linux loaded SSD from the Ryzen box and have donated the latter to my son, who has been struggling with a 10+ year old Athlon. Now left with a single SSD, a quick search on Ebay found an identical FX processor, m/b and RAM on offer for a decent price, so another SSD was ordered so that my testing/sampling PC is now identical to my main PC. With a change of m/bs and disks I always do a clean install. In answer to your question, yes most impressed with the SSDs performance. When installing Debian from a DVD the transfer rate was so fast I couldn't read the names of the packages. So, after I have wiped the 4 1TB HDDs they will be up for grabs free and gratis on this list. David -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq