>>>>> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:13:33 +0100, Julien BLACHE <jbla...@debian.org> >>>>> said:
> We went from 45 minutes down to somewhere around 22-25 minutes. Wow! > This was done by adding libeatmydata to LD_PRELOAD in the instsoft hook Great idea. Currently FAI has "only" the ramdisk on top of /var/lib/dpkg, but I'm also trying to speed up things using a ramdisk for more directories. > and removing it again from LD_PRELOAD after instsoft is > done. libeatmydata must be installed in the target system beforehand and > is not needed in the nfsroot. Setting LD_PRELOAD earlier on and leaving > it set after the instsoft task led to issues with partitioning and some > scripts. Could you please also post your hooks. I would like to try them in my current setup. -- regards Thomas