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From: aflundi@mdl.sandia.gov (Alan F Lundin)
Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD execute programs in the disk cache?
Message-ID: <1995Jun15.135101.2067@mdl.sandia.gov>
Reply-To: aflundi@sandia.gov (Alan F Lundin)
Organization: MDL, Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM
References: <ANSSI.SAARI.95Jun14105848@ivoryws23.lmf.eua.ericsson.se> <3ro848$qhg@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 13:51:01 GMT
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In article <3ro848$qhg@gate.sinica.edu.tw>,
Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> wrote:
>In article <ANSSI.SAARI.95Jun14105848@ivoryws23.lmf.eua.ericsson.se>, Anssi Saari <Anssi.Saari@lmf.eua.ericsson.se> wrote:
>>
>>Well, can it? Yes or no will do.
>
>    Why not?

I took Anssi's question to mean the disk cache inside
the disk drive as opposed to the system RAM cache.
If so, no.

Anssi,  I think you'll have to clarify.

--alan
-- 
Alan Lundin <aflundi@sandia.gov>