On 07/06/13 23:46, Jan Hönig wrote: > Hello, > well i have set my Raspberry (B) with ArchLinuxArm. I decided againts > gentoo, because of the long compilling time (for example git takes a long > time). Maybe i try gentoo on my second sd card... > > A1: I have set an extra swap partition. I followed this guide for resizing > my main partition (i have a 16 GB sd card class 10) and setting the wap > partition (or rather swap file?): Raspberry Pi – Partition an größere > Sd-Karte anpassen [1] > It is in german, but i think that if you are using gentoo, you should be > able to follow just the commands, knowing what they do. > I am not sure, how much swap you need, because you maybe need space for > compilation of programs. Because of this fact i would encourage you to set > a swap. How much swap you need/can give depends on the sd card. (I > wouldnt't make 1GB swap on a 4GB card). > I look forward to hearing more of you, because there are not that many > people, talking about gentoo on raspberry (or rather i didn't found many). > > Can't answer A2, and A3, not enough knowledge. > > hrom > > [1] Setup Partitions on Raspberry > Pi<http://sparky0815.de/2012/05/raspberry-pi-partition-an-grosere-sd-karte-anpassen/> > > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 1:39 PM, fruktopus <frukto...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> i am setting up gentoo a Raspberry (B) following the gentoo wiki [1], >> first i prepare the SD-Card. The wiki links to the instructions over at >> embedded linux wiki [2]. >> >> I wonder about the disk layout. >> >> Q1: Do i need a swap partition, and if yes is 512m ok? >> >> The gentoo wiki creates one, the elinux wiki not. >> >> Q2: Also the Raspberry is likely to be powered down without warning. To >> my belief jounarled filesystems can handle this. I plan to use JFS since >> it works well on my desktop as well. Is there something I could have in >> mind? >> >> Q3: The gentoo wiki briefly mentions to use squashfs for /usr/portage. >> What will be the benefits of this? >> >> [1] http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi >> [2] http://elinux.org/RPi_Advanced_Setup >> >> frukto >> >> >
using 256M - doesnt use it much but it currently just plays videos on framebuffer. Be careful using ext file systems and stock 4G cards - runs out of inodes on large compiles. I installed from a gentoo image off the net and rebuilt it. When I get time I'll do my own from scratch but its working ... BillK
