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On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:09:52 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: |
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> >> Necessary? Don't know but is meant to spare the SSD too much r/w |
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> >> strain. |
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> > How? By spanning an LVM across the two, you have no control over |
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> > which is written to the most. I'd put / on the SSD then mount |
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> > write-heavy directories, like /var and /home, on the SD card. I'd |
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> > also set $PORTDIR to /var/portage (/usr is a daft place to put the |
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> > portage tree anyway). |
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> That's what I have, I think, sda1 is /boot approx 50M , sda2 is / |
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> approx 1G, then the rest of the SSD is spanned with the SD card, |
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> approx 11G, and committed to /usr /home /opt /var and /tmp just as in |
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> the gentoo doc LVM2. |
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How does that spare the SSD when frequently written directories, |
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like /var and /usr/portage on partially on the SSD? If you want to keep |
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them off the SSD, you must not use LVM like this. |
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Forget LVM, forget a separate /boot, just stick / on the SSD and mount |
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the likes of /var on the SD card. I use LVM on my Eee, but that's because |
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it has two SSDs, I wouldn't dream of including the SD card in there. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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C&W music backward: get yer dog, wife, job, truck, kids, and sobriety |
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back. |
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