Re: [gentoo-user] how to control portage space usage

[Fernando Meira <fmeira@gmail.com>]

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Hi Sean,

On 8/8/05, Sean Reiser <sean@seanreiser.com> wrote:
> 
> Fernando Meira wrote:
> 
> > I have:
> > # df -h
> > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/hda4 4.6G 3.8G 803M 83% /
> > udev 252M 808K 252M 1% /dev
> > /dev/hda5 23G 20G 3.3G 86% /mnt/share
> > /dev/hda1 9.8G 8.0G 1.8G 82% /mnt/windows
> > none 252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm
> >
> > Options:
> > - erase hda1 (win$) and merge with with hda4.
> > - somehow rearrange hda5 (which is FAT) and split it 2, and merge a
> > part to hda4.
> 
> The question is...can you live without the windows partition? 


Well, maybe. The problem is that sometimes I need to use something that 
works only under windows (or better under windows). Besides that I only use 
windows for video-conference (I haven't found the time to look for a linux 
replacement, assuming that my webcam works under linux).

 if you don't need it I would look at this:
> 
> 1) Merge hda1 and hda4. Assuming this is desktop box that should be
> plenty of space for the system and applications


Yes, that would be the best I could do. But, assuming that I can't remove 
entirely windows from my laptop, what about reduce it to it's minimum 
(windows + apps that I really need) and run it by VMware, always under 
Gentoo? The spare space from unused apps would merge it with gentoo's 
partition.. I estimate it of about 4Gb. What do you say about this?

2) Create a /boot partition (assuming you don't currently have one on
> your box that wasn't mounted when you did the df). This way if your
> system crashes at least /boot will not be corrupted.


My /boot is inside gentoo's partition. I understand the point of having it 
outside.. I should think of changing it!! Good point!

3) Convert hda5 to ext3|reiserfs|jfs|mature non-fat fs of choice. Mount
> it as /home.


The reason it is FAT32 is to windows be able to access it. With windows 
away, I could do that.
>From this partition (hda5) I may be able to free some space and "move" it to 
gentoo's partition.

4) Consider creating a swap partition. Even if you have plenty of RAM,
> in my experience Linux just runs better with a swap partition mounted.


I have. 512mb swap. df shows it slitted into 2 other: udev and none....

I would strongly suggest that you do a full backup before doing any of
> this. I know there are partition resizing and reformatting utilities
> but they I wouldn't trust them without a backup.


Yes, of course!
Thanks for suggestions.
Fernando.

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