Problems with SSD boot install
Despite extensive reading on how to create an SSD as a boot drive, my confirguration is buggy. Intially boot up was lightning fast and everything seemed to be running well between my OS-based SSD and my User Directory-based HDD. But at some point something when wrong and now I get impossibly slow start-ups and hang-ups during use. Maybe someone here can help me troubleshoot the issues.
1) Upon start-up, a folder with a question mark appears briefly, then is quickly replaced with the standard Apple logo. This process takes at least a minute or more from a cold boot-up.
2) When I log-out from another User account and try to log back into my User account, I can't. I must restart the comp to log back in. I checked the account directory and everything is the same. Don't know why I must reboot to log back in.
3) Occasionally when working in an app like iPhoto the system acts like it can't find my files, indicating it's confused where I keep my photos and stuff.
4) Shut downs take 3X longer than before. Again, as if the system is searching for things and can't figure out what's what.
I'll try to describe my set up (Mac Pro running Lion):
SSD: System/System Folder/Applications/Library/Resources/Users (random non-essential files in the folders)
HDD: System (nothing in it except Library/Cache with only "com.apple.bootstamps" in it)/Users (all Directories and user folders & files)/Desktop
Have I got things configured correctly? Something missing, something askew?
Thanks for any insights!
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Intel Duo Core 2.66MHz
