On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:54:44 -0600, Marzan, Richard non Unisys wrote:

> One option that I would like is for the build to be done completely in
> ram until it's compiled and ready to be placed on disk. HDD I/O is the
> slowest part of the system avoiding it as much as possible on systems
> with plenty of ram is a good idea.

Mount $PORTAGE_TMPDIR on tmpfs. It will use physical and swap memory, so
even OOo emerges will work providing you have a large enough swap
partition.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

"Daddy, what does formatting drive 'C' mean?

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