From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 30 05:09:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA03920 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 05:09:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alcatel.fr (ns.gecalsthom.fr [194.133.58.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA03912 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 05:09:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr) From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr Received: from alcatel.fr (gatekeeper-ssn.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.244]) by mailgate.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id OAA24273; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:08:38 +0100 Received: from lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (lune.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.144.65]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id OAA15927; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:07:40 +0100 (MET) Received: from telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr (telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.51.4]) by lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id NAA29873; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:39:16 +0100 (MET) Received: from telspace.alcatel.fr by telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA03387; Fri, 30 Oct 98 13:41:33 +0100 Received: from localhost by telspace.alcatel.fr with SMTP (1.40.112.12/16.2) id AA165770884; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:34:44 +0100 X-Openmail-Hops: 1 Date: Fri, 30 Oct 98 13:34:35 +0100 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <6247.909748074@axl.training.iafrica.com> Subject: REPOST: question re mount_mfs /tmp on dedicated drive Mime-Version: 1.0 To: axl@iafrica.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="REPOST:" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="REPOST:" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hello, Just checking : you have added the following option in your custom kernel config file - haven't you ? options MFS #Memory File System if so, post the dmesg of your machine TfH > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message