From 28877243cbe51483f59b4c1162cbe191c62c247b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Derrick Wood Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 02:54:18 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] clarify --work-on-disk speed --- README | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 26706ba..ef01a95 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -198,9 +198,11 @@ within them until data needs to be written to disk. However, this extra RAM usage may exceed your capacity. In such cases, you may want to use kraken-build's --work-on-disk switch. This will minimize the amount of RAM usage and cause Kraken's build -programs to perform most operations off of disk files. (This +programs to perform most operations off of disk files. This switch can also be useful for people building on a ramdisk or -solid state drive.) +solid state drive. Please note that working off of disk files +can be quite slow on some computers, causing builds to take +several days if not weeks. CLASSIFICATION