From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 30 03:48:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA23101 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 03:48:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from axl.training.iafrica.com (axl.training.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA23071 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 03:48:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.training.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.training.iafrica.com) by axl.training.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 0zZD23-0001cm-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:47:55 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: REPOST: question re mount_mfs /tmp on dedicated drive Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:47:54 +0200 Message-ID: <6247.909748074@axl.training.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi folks, I posted the following two messages to this list a while ago, but suspect they may have been considered low priority and left unanswered in the face of a looming release (3.0-RELEASE). I'm reposting in the hopes that people have a little more time on their hands now. :-) TIA Sheldon. _________________________________________________________________ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 10:18:46 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: mount_mfs /tmp on dedicated drive Message-ID: <346.904033126@axl.training.iafrica.com> _________________________________________________________________ Hi folks, I've tried to configure my system to mount /tmp in mfs space to improve performance of things like vi. The FreeBSD handbook suggests that /etc/fstab ought to look something like this: /dev/wd1s2b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/wd1s2b /tmp mfs rw 0 0 Here's how my /etc/fstab looks: /dev/wd2s1 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/wd2s1 /tmp mfs rw 0 0 Swap mounts properly, but the mfs mount fails as follows: mfs: /dev/wd2s1: `1' partition is unavailable I've done this successfully before with a "clasically" partitioned disk, and I wonder if my problems don't stem from my using a dedicated disk for swap? Any help would be appreciated. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:52:02 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: mount_mfs /tmp on dedicated drive [more] Message-ID: <449.904117922@axl.training.iafrica.com> _________________________________________________________________ On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 10:18:46 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > I've tried to configure my system to mount /tmp in mfs space to improve > performance of things like vi. > > I've done this successfully before with a "clasically" partitioned > disk, and I wonder if my problems don't stem from my using a dedicated > disk for swap? I've repartioned my swap drive, creating a traditional partition of type 165 instead of using the "dangerously dedicated" method. This means my fstab now looks like this: > /dev/wd2s1b none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/wd2s1b /tmp mfs rw 0 0 Now mount_mfs succeeds. Is there a technical issue preventing mount_mfs from working when swap space is on a "dangerously dedicated" drive, or is this simply a problem with mount_mfs? Thanks, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message