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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Partitions - last questions...
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:59:41
Message-Id: 20130423185932.1779e970@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Partitions - last questions... by Florian Philipp
1 On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:34:38 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote:
2
3 > > So - first, is 5G way too big for the two /tmp dirs? I have lots of
4 > > space, but hate waste
5 > >
6 >
7 > If you worry about waste consider bind-mounting both from the same
8 > partition and install quotas to avoid one filling up the other.
9
10 Or set PORTAGE_TMPDIR to use /tmp. Then /var/tmp will be so small you
11 can leave it as a sub-directory of /var.
12
13 If this is a server, 5G is fine for this, but for a desktop it may need
14 to be bigger, to accommodate LibreOffice builds.
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18 Neil Bothwick
19
20 WinErr 01A: Operating system overwritten - Please reinstall all your
21 software. We are terribly sorry.

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