Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 20:56:22 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> Cc: cjclark@home.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ram drive on 4.0 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005162052560.41345-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005162241020.981-100000@genisis>
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Dru wrote to Ryan Thompson: > > > On Tue, 16 May 2000, Ryan Thompson wrote: > > To add a MFS drive, add the following to your /etc/fstab > > /dev/wd0s1b /tmp mfs rw,-s=65536 0 0 > > Creates a 32MB MFS on /tmp > > This is what I originally did (except I used /dev/ad1s1b as that is what > my /etc/fstab entry for swap is) > > I tried the above, and got 2 error messages during dmesg (and an > unmountable system) > > swapon: /dev/ad1s1b: Device not configured ^^ If you can't swap on this device, you most certainly won't be able to configure MFS ;-) I apologize for joining this thread a bit late and not reading the background, but perhaps a fresh start will be for the best anyway. You have ONLY ad0, correct? How can you swap on ad1 if the drive does not exist? > mfs: /dev/wd0s1b: No such file or directory > > man mount_mfs was one of the pages I read; couldn't decipher that one > which was I originally asked for a tutorial somewheres. > > This is a fresh install of 4.0, not upgraded from 3.x. When I was in 3.x > my devices were wd_ as I remember noting they now seem to be called ad_ Yes, you do need to use ad* now. The devices have been rewritten and renamed for 4.0. My example was obviously for an older system, as I don't currently have a 4.0 machine within arm's reach. > Any other ideas? > > Dru -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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