Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 21:59:46 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Jacques Garrigue <garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mdmfs broken? --> no, but md is broken! Message-ID: <20030512214710.B79242@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20030512161429F.garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp> References: <20030512161429F.garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
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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? > > 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. > > You can see the bug report below for details of the problem. > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=47538 I seem to be on the wrong lists to receive all the PR's that I'm interested in. Which list sends all non-ports PRs? The problem with "dd of=file-on-msdosfs oseek=large" is understood and believed fixed. It was caused by a bug flushing buffers which msdosfs exercised by creating too many buffers. I don't know anything about the main bug in the PR. Bruce
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