Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 11:08:42 +0200 (MEST) From: porte10@free.fr To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RAM-only systems Message-ID: <1028192922.3d48fa9aa8aad@imp.free.fr>
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Hi, Is there a doc detailing how to tweak FreeBSD in order to have it operate in RAM only (run on a box without hard disks) ? I am pretty sure many readers are interested in how to run such "boxes" that can be used as highperf firewalls/routers or NIDS. This implies that a lightened file directory burnt on a media (CD-ROM) is loaded in memory at boot time. Which filesystems are available then to store files in a RAM disk ? swapfs ? But then how can one prevent this extra "swapfs" from being used for its usual purpose ... swap so that it is reserved for file storage at user-level ? I may be mixing things a bit as i don't know about kernel internals (is there a "freebsd kernel design guide" available on-line ?), but i would be pleased to get an answer. Regards Phil To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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