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.... I would like to enable use of tmpfs on my FBSD 9.3 box for 
performance. The box has 16 GB of both RAM & swap. I added 
'tmpfs_load="YES"' to my /boot/loader.conf, but I can't figure out what 
to put in /etc/fstab to allow the process to happen automatically upon 
reboot. Specifically, what is the device I should be using. The man page 
gives the mount command, which looks like the device is called 'tmpfs'. 
Is that correct ? Are there any issues w/ this procedure ? TIA ....


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