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On 2 March 2010 10:10, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:35:42 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: |
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>> > - best filesystem for portage? something compressed or with small |
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>> > cluster size maybe. |
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>> I think reiserfs with the notail option is recommended. |
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> The data I've seen indicates that ext2 is fastest, that's what I use. |
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> There's no need for journalling on the portage tree, it's small enough to |
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> fsck quickly and if it does get broken, reformat and resync. |
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Over the years I've had /usr/portage on reiserfs (with tails and all) |
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and xfs on laptops. New machine has reiser4. Seems blindingly fast, |
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but that's no comparison because the machine is more modern. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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