From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 4 23:44:05 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E7A9C865 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2014 23:44:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sender1.zohomail.com (sender1.zohomail.com [72.5.230.103]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B87ABA42 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2014 23:44:05 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=zapps768; d=zoho.com; h=message-id:subject:from:to:date:content-type:mime-version; b=PqvGex5oFsr2mpLR6Z5O18edvpoE0EX0f6UtE03QtDWrLSBsgHLwpPvzZk3cx2xe4t8oAj2IxvRH W8W9xyspCfExZAPK8QXhxVNN66jJ7aldNd9u8WJoZGx3emkk8s2Z Received: from eva02 (46.229.54.117 [46.229.54.117]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1417734461724230.2933537650507; Thu, 4 Dec 2014 15:07:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1417734458.1772.1.camel@zoho.com> Subject: FreeBSD working from RAM (MFSROOT) as a Workstation. From: clutton To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 01:07:38 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.7 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ZohoMail: Ss SS_10 UW UB UW UB SF_TD_EXT SGR3_1_27114_225 X-ZohoMail-Owner: <1417734458.1772.1.camel@zoho.com>+zmo_0_ X-ZohoMail-Sender: 46.229.54.117 X-Zoho-Virus-Status: 2 X-ZohoMailClient: External X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 23:44:06 -0000 Is anyone use a FreeBSD as a Desktop working from RAM, using MFSROOT? As a memory is relatively cheep it can be even faster then ssd. Although I have an intel x25 ssd, I'm curious how would my workstation work from ram. Any success stories? :)