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On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Stefano Crocco <posta@×××××××××××××.it> |
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> Hello to everyone, |
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> I just bought a 250 GB SSD and I'm planning to install Gentoo on it. I've |
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read |
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> the Gentoo Wiki page on this and searched Google for hints on this, but |
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since |
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> I found out that much information was either contradictory or outdated, |
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I'm |
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> asking anyone with first-hand experience on this for advice. |
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> My system is as follows: |
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> - 250GB SSD |
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> - 1TB HDD |
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> - 16GB RAM |
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> I'm planning to partition the SSD this way: |
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> - 100 GB -> / (on my current system, / is about 70GB) |
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> - 100 GB -> /home |
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> - 16 GB -> swap (mainly for hibernation) |
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> - 200 MB -> /boot |
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> /var/tmp/portage should go into a tmpfs (12GB). |
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> I've read that someone suggested putting also /tmp on a tmpfs. Right now, |
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on |
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> my system /tmp is less than 100 MB, so I believe this should cause no |
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> problems, but is it necessary? |
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> Large files, such as Steam games and maybe distfiles should instead go on |
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the |
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> 1TB HDD. |
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> I have some doubts about the swap partition. With 16 GB of RAM I shouldn't |
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> usually need swap except for hibernating (that's the reason I'm putting |
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it on |
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> the SSD); however, I fear that compiling some large packages could fill |
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all |
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> that space. Would it be bad to have the swap partition on the SSD used |
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this |
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> way every now and then? Should I create another swap partition on the HDD |
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and |
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> give it higher priority? |
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> What do you think? Do you have any advice on how to best set up such a |
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system? |
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I use a similar setup. Several top-level directories in my $HOME are bind |
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mounts to a large mechanical drive. My swap (16GB) is on that drive also. |
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I've found that 100MB is enough for the EFI /boot partition (but I clean |
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old kernels immediately after updating). |
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For the /tmp I use tmpfs (I use the size=100% option), and then in |
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/etc/portage/make.conf I have: |
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PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp" |
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This way I fully use /tmp when compiling large packages, and don't wear |
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down my SSD. |
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Regards. |
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-- |
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Dr. Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Profesor de Carrera Asociado C |
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Departamento de Matemáticas |
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Facultad de Ciencias |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
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