Re: Large /dev/md0 ramdisk

2001-08-14 Thread Mike Meyer
Andrew J Caines [EMAIL PROTECTED] types: From what I've read, md is a better way of going than mfs. I have seen several references to md being preferred to mfs but have been unable to find any detailed comparison or evaluation. To what reference were you referring? md and mfs have two

Re: Large /dev/md0 ramdisk

2001-08-14 Thread David O'Brien
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 07:18:27AM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: There has been talk of a make and mount command for md that would work like mount_md, but it doesn't appear to have materialized yet. man mdmfs To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the

Re: Large /dev/md0 ramdisk

2001-08-14 Thread Robert J. Adams
: Re: Large /dev/md0 ramdisk Andrew J Caines [EMAIL PROTECTED] types: From what I've read, md is a better way of going than mfs. I have seen several references to md being preferred to mfs but have been unable to find any detailed comparison or evaluation. To what reference were you

Large /dev/md0 ramdisk

2001-08-13 Thread Robert J. Adams
Hello, I have a need for a rather large ramdisk. From what I've read, md is a better way of going than mfs. I don't want this to be able to swap out. So far I'm having trouble getting md to store anything larger than ~90meg .. OS: FBSD 4.3-S relevant kernel config: options

Re: Large /dev/md0 ramdisk

2001-08-13 Thread Andrew J Caines
Robert, Please forgive me not answering your question, but just responding to an issue you've raised. From what I've read, md is a better way of going than mfs. I have seen several references to md being preferred to mfs but have been unable to find any detailed comparison or evaluation. To