On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:36:07 +0100, YoYo Siska wrote: > > I use an ext2 filesystem for portage, it's still the fastest out > > there. Journals are unnecessary because its such a small filesystem, > > and if it does get damaged I can just reformat and sync again. > > I use an ext2 partition in a 500MB file image on most of my computers.
I used to do that but, after switching to LVM, it was simpler to use an LV. > Its important to check the inode count on such small filesytem, as > mke2fs' default inode ration for such size is 4096, which is too > low for portage: > > dd bs=$((500*1024*1024)) count=1 if=/dev/zero of=/usr/img_portage > mke2fs -f -b1024 -i2048 /usr/img_portage I use similar arguments for mke2fs. -- Neil Bothwick Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?
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