From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 15 01:50:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 411D016A418 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:50:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-37.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-37.bluehost.com [69.89.20.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C8C913C469 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:50:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 8959 invoked by uid 0); 15 Feb 2008 01:50:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by mailproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 15 Feb 2008 01:50:57 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JPpj7-0004EA-6f for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:50:57 -0700 Received: by demeter.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:50:56 -0700 Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:50:56 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080215015056.GA71834@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <50460.33951.qm@web34512.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20080206205042.H4868@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080207151415.06393db1@meijome.net> <47AAA5F0.4090803@highperformance.net> <20080213230245.GG68467@demeter.hydra> <20080214001652.708e6b61@gumby.homeunix.com.> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080214001652.708e6b61@gumby.homeunix.com.> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.9.123.251 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: Some ideas for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:50:58 -0000 On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 12:16:52AM +0000, RW wrote: > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:02:45 -0700 > Chad Perrin wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:32:16PM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > > > > > > One could mount an md filesystem and then use that as swap. That > > > way you wouldn't need to use any disc space. As a plus, the > > > performance would be way better than disc. > > > > Okay, I'm confused. Are we talking about using md(4) to create a > > virtual disk in RAM, then putting your swap there? If so . . . why? > > > > Do you just lack understanding of what swap is? > > I think it was intended as a joke. I certainly hope so. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Patrick J. LoPresti: "Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K; and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!"