Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:01:38 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, aag.lists@gmail.com Subject: Re: Ramdisk support Message-ID: <200611151101.kAFB1c8a089422@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <2f3a439f0611142305n441d3adwf7738ae40f9103e3@mail.gmail.com>
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Aditya Godbole wrote: > Is there any ramdisk support in freebsd, as there is in netbsd? Sure. To mount a 200 MB swap-backed memory filesystem on /tmp, add this lie to /etc/fstab: md /tmp mfs rw,async,nosuid,-s200m,-m0 0 0 > What are the alternatives if I want to mount a root filesytem from ram? You mean a diskless setup? I think there's a detailed description of diskless setups in the FreeBSD Handbook. You might also want to look at the diskless(8) manpage. Best regards Oliver PS: Such questions are more appropriate for the freebsd- questions list. They're not really "hacker" questions. -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "The scanf() function is a large and complex beast that often does something almost but not quite entirely unlike what you desired." -- Chris Torek
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