From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JI8Mt-0007s8-6X for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:08:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E47FE04A3; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:08:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75033E04A3 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:08:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from loonquawl.digimed.co.uk (loonquawl.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id C009B2EE27C for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:07:59 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:07:54 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge error Message-ID: <20080124200754.240197f5@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <4796EFAA.2090300@konstantinhansen.de> <20080123164911.7d1ebb15@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <20080123193742.163c6d6d@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <20080123233241.71bce684@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.2.0cvs64 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Face: 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 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/Mh.9EDq30gwZ.vc7uX1i0Z4"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 0cc5eb05-8e9f-484e-84bf-fb2d2cd82fb7 X-Archives-Hash: cebad5c85cc43cb7e0abacf851bb6c62 --Sig_/Mh.9EDq30gwZ.vc7uX1i0Z4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:46:04 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: > > Then don't reboot. Mount another drive somewhere temporary, copy the > > contents of /var to it, then unmount /var and mount the new drive > > on /var. Reformat the original filesystem and reverse the process. =20 >=20 > Earlier I posted the partitions: > /dev/hda3 18G 2.1G 16G 12% / > udev 125M 2.6M 123M 3% /dev > shm 125M 0 125M 0% /dev/shm > /dev/hda1 393M 46M 347M 12% /boot >=20 > since /var is part of / (on the same partition) will this still work? No, another reason to keep /var, and as much else as possible, away from /. > > Use a suitable filesystem, or the flash memory will die very quickly, > > especially if you put /var on it. =20 > What would be the best file system to use on said CF HD to extend the > life? I usually use the reiserfs on boot and root (simple partioning > scheme). But, I'm open to suggestions here. JFFS2, or budget on replacing the cards every couple of months. --=20 Neil Bothwick First Law of Laboratory Work: Hot glass looks exactly the same as cold glass. --Sig_/Mh.9EDq30gwZ.vc7uX1i0Z4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHmPAeum4al0N1GQMRAjXrAKDXtko7+dfLS+wCN48Ov+cGuYYpRACgqpfN KfB0fEf9An2gRGw6ACIO86I= =mmzp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Mh.9EDq30gwZ.vc7uX1i0Z4-- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list