Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 10:30:16 -0500 From: "Norman C. Rice" <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> To: John Saunders <john.saunders@scitec.com.au>, Donny Lee <donnylee@usa.net>, David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What does it mean MFS ? Message-ID: <19981216103016.A2374@emu.sourcee.com> In-Reply-To: <001801be28ca$43a69cd0$6cb611cb@saruman.scitec.com.au>; from John Saunders on Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 07:01:19PM %2B1100 References: <36772842.FDA3FD4E@usa.net> <001801be28ca$43a69cd0$6cb611cb@saruman.scitec.com.au>
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On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 07:01:19PM +1100, John Saunders wrote: > > Can one specify the size, say 4mb, to a MFS to mount? > > > > I've enabled the MFS options in my 3.0 kernel, but find no > > way to mount. > > Add this to /etc/fstab (/dev/wd0s1b has to be the swap partition). > > /dev/wd0s1b /tmp mfs rw 0 0 > > If you want to change how big it is (the default size is as > big as all of your swap space). > > /dev/wd0s1b /tmp mfs rw,-s=16384 0 0 > > The -s option gives the size in 512 byte sectors, so my example > creates a 4MB memory filesystem. I believe that `-s=16384' will create a 8MB memory file system. 16,384 * 512 bytes = 8,192KB = 8MB -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr. > > Cheers. > -- . +-------------------------------------------------------+ > ,--_|\ | John Saunders mailto:John.Saunders@scitec.com.au | > / Oz \ | SCITEC LIMITED Phone +61294289563 Fax +61294289933 | > \_,--\_/ | "By the time you make ends meet, they move the ends." | > v +-------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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