Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 13:22:21 +0200 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@rambo.simx.org> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using Memory Disks to Build World Message-ID: <3D2D6A6D.4050500@rambo.simx.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10207102359480.78782-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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Annelise Anderson wrote: > I would like to do a make world with /usr/obj and /usr/src > on memory disks (this system has 2GB RAM, so I figure 512MB > for each ought to be enough). This is a 4.6-stable system. > > I created some md devices in /dev, but can't make > mount_mfs work with something like > mount_mfs -s 1048576 /dev/md0 /usr/src > or mount_mfs -s 1048576 /dev/md0s1 /usr/src > > Maybe I'm missing a step? These devices have not been > disklabeled. > > Annelise > I usually just use my swap as special device, like so: mount_mfs -s 1048576 /dev/da0s1b /usr/obj AFAIK, you dont need to create any md devices in /dev to use mount_mfs, but then again Im no expert on mfs. -- R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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