On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 01:09:44PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > Well if you have a mount point of /mnt/lfs, you can try doing: > > mount -t tmpfs -o rw,size=4G tmpfs /mnt/lfs > mkdir /mnt/lfs/sources > cp -a <sources dir> /mnt/lfs/sources > > I'd think that 4G would be plenty. After building, don't forget to copy > everything to a permanent location. > For the minimal amount of time which will be saved by having the sources in a tmpfs, I would suggest binding their current location to /mnt/lfs/sources.
More importantly, if you have to shutdown during the build don't forget to copy it all! Similarly, copy what you have done before the power fails ;-) ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
