TEST: fai & libeatmydata

[Thomas Lange]

>>>>> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:13:33 +0100, Julien BLACHE <jblache at 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