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To: Charlie Root <root@ecko.satx.rr.com>
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Charlie Root <root@ecko.satx.rr.com> types:
> When talking about the MFS option I read that the perfect place to mount an
> MFS partition is in the /tmp directory... and there are directions to add the
> following to /etc/fstab:
> 
> /dev/ad1s2v	/tmp	mfs	rw	0	0
> 
> and then mount /tmp.
> 
> I tried that, but noticed that I did not have any such device. Would mounting
> on /dev/ad0s1c cause any problems. There is no device /dev/ad0s1c in my
> /etc/fstab, but it seems to be a valid device to mount.

Mount it on a swap partition. Look for sw in /etc/fstab, and use one
of those. If it's small, you might want to use md instead of mfs.

	<mike


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