I mounted part of RAM as such: mdmfs -s 500m md /mnt
Then put WRKDIRPREFIX=/path/to/md in /etc/make.conf. It substantially reduces compile time by about 5-10 times. Thanx to all ur replies. -Ashok Shrestha On 1/19/06, Wesley Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 05:54:02PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: > > Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Will using a swap-backed disk change anything? > > > > Not really. > > > > > How about the best way to configure things to use two disks for the > > > compile? > > > > I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve. Unlike the base system, > > the ports tree does not use separate source and object directories. > > I think he is trying to get at a scenario where WRKDIR is on a seperate > disk from the one /usr/ports is on. > > To answer his question, assuming this is what he is going, for why not > just add a new physical disk to the system per the handbook, and set > WRKDIR to be where ever that disk is mounted. > > -- WXS > -- Ashok Shrestha _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
