From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 12 01:09:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4861E37B401 for ; Mon, 12 May 2003 01:09:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 930EA43F75 for ; Mon, 12 May 2003 01:09:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.dougb.net (12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com[12.234.22.23]) by attbi.com (sccrmhc02) with SMTP id <200305120809270020046b2le>; Mon, 12 May 2003 08:09:27 +0000 Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 01:09:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Jacques Garrigue In-Reply-To: <20030512161429F.garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Message-ID: <20030512010827.P707@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <20030512161429F.garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mdmfs broken? --> no, but md is broken! X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 08:09:29 -0000 On Mon, 12 May 2003, Jacques Garrigue wrote: > Stijn Hoop wrote: > > What's the correct syntax in 5-CURRENT to have a memory disk for /tmp > > in your /etc/fstab? I committed an example of this in mdmfs(8). > Others have answerred as how it can be done. > However, I must strongly inform you against using md on 5-CURRENT, > particularly for /tmp, has I found it dangerously buggy. I had problems with it a few months ago, but they were fixed. I haven't tested it thoroughly with tar as you describe though. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection