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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Thu, 10 May 2007 10:41:04 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: |
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> > Hm. I don't understand. Why is portage in a sparse file of, |
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> > let's say, 400m, with reiserfs and notail mounted, faster, then |
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> > a real partition of 400m with reiserfs and notail? |
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> No idea, but I tried it when I encountered that page and portage |
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> operations were measurably faster. |
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That might well be just the transfer effect: you went from an old |
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fragmented file system to a fresh unfragmented one. |
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Benno |
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