Use memstick-licecd to install pfsense on your SSD.
- Initialize fstab:
[2.2.4-RELEASE][[email protected]]/root: /usr/local/sbin/ufslabels.shIt may do nothing because all is already initialize but it's only in a case of
- Enable AHCI by adding
ahci_load="YES"in th following file:
[2.2.4-RELEASE][[email protected]]/root: vi /boot/loader.conf.local- Get your device ID by showing the fstab file:
[2.2.4-RELEASE][[email protected]]/root: cat /etc/fstab
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
/dev/ufsid/563dee910aa6a80a / ufs rw 1 1
/dev/label/swap0 none swap sw 0 0Check the Device ID that is mounted on
/, in this example it's/dev/ufsid/563dee910aa6a80a
- Before enabling TRIM, the partition/device must be unmounted so you have to reboot pfsense in Single User mode.
[2.2.4-RELEASE][[email protected]]/root: reboot- Add your USB memstick-livecd and boot on it and select
2then usetunefsto enable TRIM:
__ ____
_ __ / _/ ___| ___ _ __ ___ ___
| '_ \| |_\___ \ / _ \ '_ \/ __|/ _ \
| |_) | _|___) | __/ | | \__ \ __/
| .__/|_| |____/ \___|_| |_|___/\___|
|_|
+------------Welcome to pfSense-----------+
| | ______
| 1. Boot Multi User [Enter] | / \
| 2. Boot [S]ingle User | _____/ f \
| 3. [Esc]ape to loader prompt | / \ /
| 4. Reboot | / p \______/ Sense
| | \ / \
| Options: | \_____/ \
| 5. [K]ernel: kernel (1 of 2) | \ /
| 6. Configure Boot [O]ptions... | \______/
| |
| |
| |
+-----------------------------------------+
...
Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
# /sbin/tunefs -t enable /dev/ufsid/563dee910aa6a80a
tunefs: issue TRIM to the disk set
# /sbin/reboot
- Boot pfsense in normal mode then go in shell and you can check that TRIM is now activated:
[2.2.4-RELEASE][[email protected]]/root: tunefs -p /
tunefs: POSIX.1e ACLs: (-a) disabled
tunefs: NFSv4 ACLs: (-N) disabled
tunefs: MAC multilabel: (-l) disabled
tunefs: soft updates: (-n) enabled
tunefs: soft update journaling: (-j) enabled
tunefs: gjournal: (-J) disabled
tunefs: trim: (-t) enabled
tunefs: maximum blocks per file in a cylinder group: (-e) 4096
tunefs: average file size: (-f) 16384
tunefs: average number of files in a directory: (-s) 64
tunefs: minimum percentage of free space: (-m) 8%
tunefs: space to hold for metadata blocks: (-k) 6408
tunefs: optimization preference: (-o) time
tunefs: volume label: (-L)
[2.2.4-RELEASE][[email protected]]/root: tunefs -p /var
tunefs: POSIX.1e ACLs: (-a) disabled
tunefs: NFSv4 ACLs: (-N) disabled
tunefs: MAC multilabel: (-l) disabled
tunefs: soft updates: (-n) enabled
tunefs: soft update journaling: (-j) enabled
tunefs: gjournal: (-J) disabled
tunefs: trim: (-t) enabled
tunefs: maximum blocks per file in a cylinder group: (-e) 4096
tunefs: average file size: (-f) 16384
tunefs: average number of files in a directory: (-s) 64
tunefs: minimum percentage of free space: (-m) 8%
tunefs: space to hold for metadata blocks: (-k) 6408
tunefs: optimization preference: (-o) time
tunefs: volume label: (-L)