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 1KPsLA-0004Yf-CN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:10:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 68CFBE037B; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 05:10:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.174]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25F98E037B for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 05:10:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 23so1909792wfg.10 for ; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:10:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=nZANKTiWqRUOTv7JdqKHwtqWUyGGsOqVbYGZ/O+5whI=; b=ShBWrwO0Fef2lmVpK6W0YHJFr24kqwlRkj/uFH6fRa3kui2S8t2XFYB8ibXI25sKQQ hRGGqs2lMssSCosDGIIiQVbDPKhF0AoD1alkYXpxxBjg7W0LH+dcpkmwrSJvVntXJ413 Zl9DRsBU7RXXqWGTvI+bCw09bUGNEoLLVfODI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=Fssf6Tv/3p8K/mCJl/vEmriw9GTmGeI5OyZyl0cIkNUxmjezpwXnFDTWi+6MOdF2HR 2+FCZSuE2jmtK0eTl7632C+jJcseVXwoEcIn9MkXwvxkDBOCpcFx/uAWM0G7PwUX4Qiz WIUhbDelrWDJ6q9kmwBqNpBzr6atJL+Gl8/Vg= Received: by 10.142.188.4 with SMTP id l4mr4785794wff.183.1217826637442; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:10:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.143.161.14 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:10:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7bef1f890808032210o568c726p6b08087e4dc0b823@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:10:37 +1000 From: "Alan E. Davis" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Advice about setting up split home directory In-Reply-To: <20080804005900.gtjw03k1wg800g0g@mail.bensa.ar> 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/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_37379_18537758.1217826637426" References: <7bef1f890808030500s3f6ccf52sa9e06be69f6bacd@mail.gmail.com> <489600C1.3010700@usa.net> <20080804005900.gtjw03k1wg800g0g@mail.bensa.ar> X-Archives-Salt: 3ef6d4c5-eb54-4b03-abea-8f1a7ec70a5a X-Archives-Hash: 74abf13523bd4995f1c1f234bbafe77a ------=_Part_37379_18537758.1217826637426 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Norberto and Josh: Thank you for the suggestion. It's on the back burner. I have the space to experiment with it now. I have balked for the time being on basis of, partly, my need to be able to swap drives in and out, and have it clear in mind which partitions belong to what. Also my main drive is a 10000 RPM faster drive, and I'd like to keep the partitions or directories that are mainly for storage separated. I really do notice a difference in the performance of the drive. this is somewhat of a conundrum: how to keep the current projects focused on the faster drive. Interestingly (to me) while I carefully planned for swap on the faster drive, since I moved to 2GB of RAM, I think I've only touched swap two or three times, and then only passingly! I definitely wouldn't want to put / into LVM. If I do LVM it will be the easy way, the most clearcut way. Alan On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Norberto Bensa wrote: > Quoting Josh Cepek : > > Personally I'd suggest using LVM for this >> > > -- Alan Davis "It's never a matter of liking or disliking ..." ---Santa Ynez Chumash Medicine Man ------=_Part_37379_18537758.1217826637426 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline
Norberto and  Josh:

Thank you for the suggestion.  It's on the back burner.  I have the space to experiment with it now.  I have balked for the time being on basis of, partly, my need to be able to swap drives in and out, and have it clear in mind which partitions belong to what.  Also my main drive is a 10000 RPM faster drive, and I'd like to keep the partitions or directories that are mainly for storage separated.  I really do notice a difference in the performance of the drive.  this is somewhat of a conundrum: how to keep the current projects focused on the faster drive.  

Interestingly (to me) while I carefully planned for swap on the faster drive, since I moved to 2GB of RAM, I think I've only touched swap two or three times, and then only passingly! 

I definitely wouldn't want to put / into LVM. 

If I do LVM it will be the easy way, the most clearcut way.

Alan



On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Norberto Bensa <nbensa@gmail.com> wrote:
Quoting Josh Cepek <josh.cepek@usa.net>:

Personally I'd suggest using LVM for this


--
Alan Davis

"It's never a matter of liking or disliking ..."
---Santa Ynez Chumash Medicine Man

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