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From: Neil Walker <neil@×××××××.nu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ext4 status - Alternative to ext2/3 for gentoo portage and more
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:07:38
Message-Id: 47B60CDB.3020502@ep.mine.nu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Ext4 status - Alternative to ext2/3 for gentoo portage and more by Alois Hammer
1 Alois Hammer wrote:
2 > Suggestion: put your Portage and database trees on flash storage.
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4 There is no way I would do that or recommend it to anyone. Those devices
5 have a very, very short life if written to frequently. Portage isn't a
6 big problem because an emerge --sync will restore it - but database
7 trees? You have to be kidding.
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10 Be lucky,
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12 Neil
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Re: [gentoo-user] Ext4 status - Alternative to ext2/3 for gentoo portage and more Alois Hammer <aloishammer@×××××.com>