Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Alex Alexander <alex.alexander@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Managing CPU usage when doing emerges
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:48:01
Message-Id: 225000070905190447k44659bc7l96dbb4a7d29b085e@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Managing CPU usage when doing emerges by Mark Haney
1 On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 14:44, Mark Haney <mhaney@××××××××××××.org> wrote:
2 > I would do this, however, my problem is (or was) RAM. Until yesterday I
3 > had only 1GB RAM in this laptop. Now I have doubled it which is the max
4 > it will support (it's 4 years old). I don't think 2GB is worth trying a
5 > tmpfs for.
6
7 most packages build fine with a 768M tmpfs :)
8 if you plan on compiling big stuff like gcc you'll need to make it
9 larger or unmount it though.
10
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Managing CPU usage when doing emerges Branko Badrljica <brankob@××××××××××.com>