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> I take it you've already observed that you can also share portage and |
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> distfiles directories? Easiest is if they are on their own partitions but |
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> there are tricks that can get the same effect if not. How to do this is left |
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> as an exercise for the reader :-) with one tip for those who don't know: |
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> |
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> mount -o bind |
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> -- |
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> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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I know about mount -o bind. |
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However, (forgive me if this is naive), why not just a symlink? That |
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is the way I do. |
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I want my root partition to be small (for performance reasons), so I |
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put things that don't need speed int its own partion, which I mount in |
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/usr/local/slowpart (the name fits; the partition is at the end of the |
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harddisk and 80% full, so it is slower than the root partion, that is |
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at the beginning of the hard disk and 7% full. |
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In this slowpart, I have DISTDIR, PKGDIR, and some personal files that |
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are not frequently accessed (such as files I will likely never use but |
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kept for safety). I configure DISTDIR and PKGDIR in make.conf, but the |
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personal files are linked to my home via symbolic links. |
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Another reason for having a different partition is that I can easily |
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backup my other personal data to it when I have to format the root |
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partition. |
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