From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-148760-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F14F51381F3 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 02:11:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AEB7DE0A7E; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 02:11:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9822BE0A41 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 02:11:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MU0Eb-1UZaQq0I8f-00Qftd; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 22:11:38 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 21:11:36 -0500 From: Bruce Hill <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration Message-ID: <20130720021136.GZ3387@server> References: <51E8E30E.20906@gmail.com> <20130719114234.332ff09e@acme7.acmenet> <51E96CBB.4080300@gmail.com> <20130719200018.474e06af@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <51E9C5D2.1040108@gmail.com> <20130719202308.02520045@acme7.acmenet> <51E9CE42.6080804@gmail.com> <20130719205859.7f78a14d@acme7.acmenet> <20130720010125.GY3387@server> <51E9E923.4090800@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51E9E923.4090800@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:q2gB9G2CrHgacDoXjcgawk3QOi1kMgZRPXYeUXZ948G VIEp3Po9JbDAxfXKrlkN1fhwr1/XxwE0f3Ir1zdppQ5Wa29N4F WVviRpoVrXQiIWXz9PzQIaA9ln/yDvemY6BC7Na/R8/GV3clCw gvIkXfMtAXib5dvgd5m0UtyC34f4vyOmn91w973Uxi5RPBRvln SLYmRA3obpy5eWY7qmwexKlzSGN1QbJsT0XszoinrobC6pvv7m Xs2/BiqpVCC/x5+0DZZfaP7W9TTJCna2UnjCpcYN91MRZRUp9g EZ6d9RMDlHpoGoKZwyOXxGBWM2Y7djv9fWDEggl/eLylx7kUja WO1QuDNcjGTGVRvywcXE= X-Archives-Salt: 62842ec7-69f8-45f1-b133-77275f624e76 X-Archives-Hash: 9f885b13a12bac0f2acdbae37e4111d6 On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 08:34:27PM -0500, Dale wrote: > > Stop using disk and build in RAM: > > > > tmpfs /var/tmp/portage tmpfs size=7000M,nr_inodes=1M 0 0 > > tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 > > > > workstation ~ # free -m > > total used free shared buffers cached > > Mem: 15798 3711 12087 0 0 937 > > -/+ buffers/cache: 2772 13025 > > Swap: 8103 0 8103 > > He may not have enough to do that tho. Some folks only have 4Gbs or > less still. That won't be enough for LOo. Heck, my 16Gbs wasn't enough > at one time. I had to either let it be on HDD or set it to a higher > amount than the default half. > > I also tested the time difference once before, it didn't really make > much difference. It just saves wear on a drive is all. > > Dale If 16GB of RAM wasn't enough, ydiw. I've used that line of 7G forever, and run app-office/libreoffice, as well as firefox and some other big app (forget it's name) and _never_ had a problem. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting