Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:59:23 +0200 (CEST)
From: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.gmd.de>
To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
Cc: Falco Krepel <krepel@fokus.gmd.de>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: use md device in /etc/rc.diskless{1,2}
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103270956380.3303-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de>
In-Reply-To: <200103270743.f2R7h6942718@harmony.village.org>
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Warner Losh wrote: WL>In message <3ABF71F4.593D6C48@fokus.gmd.de> Falco Krepel writes: WL>: 1. For example you could use the diskless boot procedure for smart WL>: clients with a small disk used as swap space. So I think it is better to WL>: use swap instead of malloc for var,dev, and tmp. This could be done with WL>: a variable (e.g. diskless_swap_enable). What do think about it? WL> WL>I think it is a bad idea. rc.diskless* is often used in cases where no WL>swap exists. This is a very popular way to run of cf where you cannot WL>configure swap due to excess wear and tear on the cf which has a very WL>limited number of writes. Well, the idea is to have a config knob, where you can tell to mdconfig whether it should use 'swap' or 'malloc'. This should, of course, default to malloc. harti -- harti brandt, http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/cats/employees/hartmut.brandt/private brandt@fokus.gmd.de, harti@begemot.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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