Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 10:57:47 +0000 From: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Nathan Mace <nmace85@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mfs filesystems Message-ID: <20020119105747.GB11503@rhadamanth> In-Reply-To: <200201190537.AAA25756@uce55.uchaswv.edu> References: <200201190537.AAA25756@uce55.uchaswv.edu>
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On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 12:35:00AM -0500, Nathan Mace wrote: > every example i can find conserning mfs filesystems, mounts the mfs > "partition" from the swap partition. is there a way to mount it from a > section of RAM instead of a section of swap? The mfs filesystem _is_held in RAM; the swap device is there so that the contents of RAM can be paged to disk should you get short on RAM. Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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