From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 13 12:06:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA28234 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:06:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp1.globalserve.net (smtp1.globalserve.net [209.90.144.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA28212 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 19:06:24 GMT (envelope-from geoffr@globalserve.net) Received: from globalserve.net (dialin920.toronto.globalserve.net [209.90.133.157]) by smtp1.globalserve.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA28199; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 15:06:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from geoffr@globalserve.net) Message-ID: <3532615E.A9BEB61E@globalserve.net> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 15:02:54 -0400 From: Geoffrey Robinson Reply-To: geoffr@globalserve.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dima Dorfman CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAM Drive References: <3.0.5.32.19980412221842.00937b20@207.213.224.25> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for the suggestion but that wouldn't help much since I want a RAM drive for faster I/O. I've got CGIs that run up to 3 times a second and each time they read in several big data files and make lots of changes to them that have to be committed to disk each time. It is possible to use RAM memory for a virtual drive and speed I/O access up, right? Dima Dorfman wrote: > > You can install a 'RAM Drive' by mounting your swap partition using MFS. > Full details are at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook43.html#45 > (look under MFS) > > > At 12:44 AM 4/13/98 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi, > >I need to set up a RAM drive on my FreeBSD 2.2.5RELEASE server but I > >can't find any information on how to do it. I understand there are some > >lines that I have to add to the kernel and possibly some other stuff. > >Just a list of steps would be very helpful. > > > >Thanks in advance. > > - Geoff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message