Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:10:45 -0400 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Nathaniel G H <bsd_appliance@bemail.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MFS Message-ID: <20001010081045.A2665@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <200010100112.SAA08859@mail7.bigmailbox.com>; from bsd_appliance@bemail.org on Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 06:12:16PM -0700 References: <200010100112.SAA08859@mail7.bigmailbox.com>
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On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 06:12:16PM -0700, Nathaniel G H wrote: > > Can one of you help me with a quick overview of what has happened > > with the Memory File System since 4.4BSD to the FreeBSD that exists > > today? > > Hi, > > I've never used it myself, but I read an article about it on > the O'Reilly network; hold on a sec while I look it up.... > > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/371 > > I've been considering using this for various purposes, since > it'll probably speed up some things a great deal. Please let > me know how it works for you... If you want a memory-backed filesystem in FreeBSD, use md(4). You'll be happier with the results. MFS is good if you want a memory-backed filesystem that runs on all 4.4BSD-based stuff. ==ml -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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