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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!zib-berlin.de!unlisys!desert!heaven7.snafu.de!cumulus.sky.bln.sub.org!martini From: Martin Ibert <martini@heaven7.snafu.de> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Questions about MFS and screen Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 11:40:45 +0200 Organization: The Seventh Heaven, Berlin, Germany Lines: 36 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950919113603.3559B-100000@cumulus.sky.bln.sub.org> References: <436ivb$99g@alpha.jpunix.com> <436q4o$398@atusks02.aut.alcatel.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: cumulus.sky.bln.sub.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Sender: martini@cumulus.sky.bln.sub.org In-Reply-To: <436q4o$398@atusks02.aut.alcatel.at> On 13 Sep 1995, Marino Ladavac wrote: > John Perry (perry@alpha.jpunix.com) wrote: >=20 > : 1. What is a Memory Filesystem (MFS), along with the best way to config= ure > : it in your kernel, what are the advantages and disadvantages of using M= FS, > : and what can you do with it once you have it?=20 >=20 > Think of it as ramdisk, and you will be (mostly, I hope) right. It is=20 > useful during installation and for preparing floppy images, for instance. >=20 > I don't think that it is of any special use in normal operation of the > system (at least I did not find any.) Umm .. what about the /tmp filesystem? I think it is actually quite=20 useful for that, because you don't need to put disk space aside for that=20 _AND_ for swap, but only for both of them together. You might not want to use this for an environment where there are rogue=20 users, though. But for a personal workstation it's perfectly acceptable. --=20 Martin Ibert, F=FCrstenweg 11, D-13589 Berlin-Spandau, Germany, EU | ____ C= en ____ Fon: +49-30-3753479/Fax ...3753699/Mail martini@heaven7.snafu.de | \___= / ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." --- John Gi= lmore <PGP public key is available on request or from any self-respecting key ser= ver>