> Joseph <syscon780 <at> gmail.com> writes: > > I'm upgrading the system and running out of disk space to compile webkit-gtk
> I'm not sure you have usb3, but if you do and you have a usb3 stick, > it's useful for this temporary expanded space need and so much more. Sure > it probably will not run as fast as your native HD, but, it's > a very handy device for this and many other needs. Or you can move > something big from the partition where you compile, on a temporary > basis..... > just a thought, > hth, > James Even better might be a USB 3.0 hard drive: cheaper per GB than USB sticks, and not having the problem of write exhaustion that I've heard about for flash media. If there is sufficient hard-disk space in the same or other partition, it might be helpful to redirect the work dir. I might want to make a USB-stick installation of Gentoo to be able to carry from one computer to another. Tom
