Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 21:30:39 -0800 From: aurfalien <aurfalien@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: FreeBSD Filesystems <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mdconfig via rc.conf Message-ID: <B9EE914F-5B33-4063-AAA6-916624DECD11@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403042215470.39032@wonkity.com> References: <80EE335C-E85A-433B-A4A2-287BA8BA1345@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403042215470.39032@wonkity.com>
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On Mar 4, 2014, at 9:19 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, aurfalien wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Apology for the cross post as I asked in the general questions list and also if this is not an appropriate question. >> >> But are there any other parameters I would need to setup a ram disk at boot time? >> >> I have this in my rc.conf; >> >> mdconfig_md100=?-t malloc -s 12G? > > rc.conf is sourced, but not the place for code. > >> I?ve opted not to mount or format it for now. >> >> But upon boot, I do not see the md100 device. >> >> Is there anything I need in rc.conf to enable this? > > It depends on the version of FreeBSD. On FreeBSD 10, it's easy to do with an entry in /etc/fstab, see fstab(5). For earlier versions, I'm not sure of the best way. There's /etc/rc.local, but may be more automated ways in the other rc scripts. Many thanks for the reply. What led me to rc.conf was this; http://ryanbowlby.com/2009/09/30/freebsd-ramdisk-mdconfig/ I’m using FreebSD 9 and would need it to load very early on in the boot process but not be mounted. I’ll take a look at rc.local but if its anything like Linux, well thats the last thing that loads. - aurf "Janitorial Services"
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