On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:54:13AM -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > - better partitioning scheme than my current root, boot, home (need > portage on its own, maybe /var as well?)
/var if you are worried about log files piling up. I don't put portage on its own, but I use reiserfs for / > - some kind of small linux emergency/recovery partition? equivalent to > a liveCD maybe. Isn't that what busybox is for? > - best filesystem for portage? something compressed or with small > cluster size maybe. Reiserfs. That's more because of the tail-packing then anything else. > - omit/reduce number of reserved-for-root blocks on partitions where > it's not necessary. Yep. On a 200G drive, 10% is 20G: that's 4 movies! > Or any other tips that apply to things which are difficult to change > once the system is in use. Pay attention to your make.conf? Make sure you get CHOST right. If you are dealing with unfamiliar options in the kernel, always start at the bare minimum and make sure you keep a working copy around. W -- Willie W. Wong [email protected] Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton
