Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 07:29:59 +0100 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Barath S <barath_yes@yahoo.com.sg> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: using mfs of size > 64Mb and system stability Message-ID: <9326.1105424999@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:01:36 %2B0800." <20050111020136.57582.qmail@web30305.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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In message <20050111020136.57582.qmail@web30305.mail.mud.yahoo.com>, Barath S w rites: >Where can I get details regarding the 'preload' backed > ram disks ?. How is it different from "malloc" based >ram disks? As per 'man mdconfig', there is no such >option available. > >Could you kindly provide me more hints on this? With a preloaded disk you load the disk image from the loader (along with loading the kernel) and the md(4) driver discovers the image automatically. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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