On Tuesday 19 April 2011 17:54:02 Dale wrote: > Kfir Lavi wrote: > > I do a lot of compiling on my laptop using Catalyst for embedded. > > I upgraded my RAM to 8GB (2x4GB = 90$ ebay). > > I mount /var/tmp as tmpfs. > > Thats how I keep my SSD ;) > > > > Kfir > > > > -- > > Poison [BLX] > > Joshua M. Murphy > > I got 16Gbs in my rig and I mounted portages work directory on tmpfs, it > was actually slower. That is likely a good idea to keep from wearing > out the SSD but it doesn't seem to make anything compile faster.
Strange, it actually got faster on mine when doing that. Did you mount with "noatime"? :) -- Joost
