Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 10:26:45 -0500 From: Bob Willcox <bob@pmr.com> To: chat list <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Linux faster thasn FreeBSD Message-ID: <19970923102645.60062@pmr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.3.95.970923091509.29528B-100000@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>; from Pedro F. Giffuni on Tue, Sep 23, 1997 at 09:18:38AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970922125231.24717A-100000@shell1.interlog.com> <Pine.A41.3.95.970923091509.29528B-100000@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
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On Tue, Sep 23, 1997 at 09:18:38AM -0500, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Paul Griffith wrote: > > > > > Paul Griffith - paulg@interlog.com > > > > So I should use the SCSI HD as my swap space ? What basic fine tuning > > would you suggest ? > > > I suggest you rebuild the kernel and use the memory filesystem (mfs) as > swap disk. If it's your personal box (not many users) this won't give any > problem. This sounds awfully circular (and dangerous) to me. What happens when the mfs daemon needs to page out something? Does the system fail? Is the failure gracefull? -- Bob Willcox Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread bob@luke.pmr.com to determine which side it is buttered on. Austin, TX -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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