On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:09:52 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: > >> Necessary? Don't know but is meant to spare the SSD too much r/w > >> strain. > > > > How? By spanning an LVM across the two, you have no control over > > which is written to the most. I'd put / on the SSD then mount > > write-heavy directories, like /var and /home, on the SD card. I'd > > also set $PORTDIR to /var/portage (/usr is a daft place to put the > > portage tree anyway). > > That's what I have, I think, sda1 is /boot approx 50M , sda2 is / > approx 1G, then the rest of the SSD is spanned with the SD card, > approx 11G, and committed to /usr /home /opt /var and /tmp just as in > the gentoo doc LVM2.
How does that spare the SSD when frequently written directories, like /var and /usr/portage on partially on the SSD? If you want to keep them off the SSD, you must not use LVM like this. Forget LVM, forget a separate /boot, just stick / on the SSD and mount the likes of /var on the SD card. I use LVM on my Eee, but that's because it has two SSDs, I wouldn't dream of including the SD card in there. -- Neil Bothwick C&W music backward: get yer dog, wife, job, truck, kids, and sobriety back.
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