On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Kyle Bader wrote:
>> - SSD vs 1rpm vs big-and-cheap hard drive for rootfs/system files.
>> I lean toward the latter since RAM caches it anyway.
>
> SSDs can make things snappier for boot times. Having lots of ram for
> disk cache eliminates the benefit after
Argh, sorry for the previous posts. I had some sort of Ctrl-lock, that is,
the keyboard acted as if Ctrl was pressed all the time. Now I know that
Ctrl+Enter is a shortcut to send an email. I accidentally closed some
shells by pressing the D key.
I was able to get rid off it by switching to a t
Alex Schuster writes:
> Neil Bothwick writes:
> > On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:52:55 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote:
> > > > The data I've seen indicates that ext2 is fastest, that's what I
> > > > use.
> > >
> > > I thought the small files of the portage tree especially profit
> > > from the notail option i
Alex Schuster writes:
> Neil Bothwick writes:
> > On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:52:55 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote:
> > > > The data I've seen indicates that ext2 is fastest, that's what I
> > > > use.
> > >
> > > I thought the small files of the portage tree especially profit
> > > from the notail option i
On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 05:34:34PM +0100, Alex Schuster wrote
> I had this once on a smaller machine, but now I'd prefer it the other way
> around, there's plenty of space available. I have 15G for distfiles and
> pkgdir, so I don't worry about some 100MB for the portage tree.
I managed to p
Willie Wong writes:
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 12:52:55PM +0100, Alex Schuster wrote:
> > I thought the small files of the portage tree especially profit from
> > the notail option in reiserfs? Did you change the block size?
>
> You mean the other way around, right?
Oh dear. Yes. Thanks.
> reis
Neil Bothwick writes:
> On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:52:55 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote:
> > > The data I've seen indicates that ext2 is fastest, that's what I
> > > use.
> >
> > I thought the small files of the portage tree especially profit from
> > the notail option in reiserfs?
>
> They benefit compa
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:52:55 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote:
> > The data I've seen indicates that ext2 is fastest, that's what I
> > use.
>
> I thought the small files of the portage tree especially profit from
> the notail option in reiserfs?
They benefit compared with using reiser with tail-pack
On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 12:52:55PM +0100, Alex Schuster wrote:
> Neil Bothwick writes:
>
> > On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:35:42 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote:
> > > > - best filesystem for portage? something compressed or with small
> > > > cluster size maybe.
> > >
> > > I think reiserfs with the notail o
Neil Bothwick writes:
> On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:35:42 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote:
> > > - best filesystem for portage? something compressed or with small
> > > cluster size maybe.
> >
> > I think reiserfs with the notail option is recommended.
>
> The data I've seen indicates that ext2 is fastest,
On 2 March 2010 10:10, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:35:42 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote:
>
>> > - best filesystem for portage? something compressed or with small
>> > cluster size maybe.
>>
>> I think reiserfs with the notail option is recommended.
>
> The data I've seen indicates tha
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:35:42 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote:
> > - best filesystem for portage? something compressed or with small
> > cluster size maybe.
>
> I think reiserfs with the notail option is recommended.
The data I've seen indicates that ext2 is fastest, that's what I use.
There's no nee
Paul Hartman writes:
> - utilizing device labels and/or volume labels instead of hoping
> /dev/sda stays /dev/sda always
Good idea. Or use LVM.
> - better partitioning scheme than my current root, boot, home (need
> portage on its own, maybe /var as well?)
I like to have many partitions. When m
Am Freitag 26 Februar 2010 schrieb Paul Hartman:
> Hi, I'm building a new personal computer. I respect the opinion and
> experience of the people on this list and am interested in anyone's
> advice on the best way to set up my new Gentoo installation. Things
> that you say "I wish I set mine up th
Paul Hartman wrote:
>> - some kind of small linux emergency/recovery partition? equivalent to
>> a liveCD maybe.
Tiny core linux on the boot folder/part. Its all in a single small file.
>> Or any other tips that apply to things which are difficult to change
>> once the system is in use.
I moved
- Original Message
> From: Paul Hartman
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Some topics I'm thinking about (comments welcome):
> - be aware of cylinder boundaries when partitioning (thanks to the
> recent thread)
> - utilizing device labels and/or volume labels instead of hoping
> /dev/
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:54:13AM -0600, Paul Hartman wrote:
> - better partitioning scheme than my current root, boot, home (need
> portage on its own, maybe /var as well?)
/var if you are worried about log files piling up. I don't put portage
on its own, but I use reiserfs for /
> - some kind
> - be aware of cylinder boundaries when partitioning (thanks to the
> recent thread)
+1
> - utilizing device labels and/or volume labels instead of hoping
> /dev/sda stays /dev/sda always
+1
> - initrd - I've never used one, but maybe it's needed if root is on
> software RAID?
It's not techni
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