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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-kl.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.ruhr-uni-bochum.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de!tubsibr!malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de!not-for-mail From: mb@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de (Martin Butkus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to setup a RAM DISK? Date: 19 Apr 1996 17:21:41 +0200 Organization: TU Braunschweig, Germany Lines: 19 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4l8b25$3ql@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de> References: <4kpi63$oot@ustsu10.ust.hk> Reply-To: M.Butkus@tu-bs.de NNTP-Posting-Host: rzrtr1.rz.tu-bs.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Originator: y0001415@ws.rz.tu-bs.de Water Dargon (eg_lcx@uxmail.ust.hk) wrote: : Hi all, : I have setup FreeBSD 2.1. But I want to known how to setup a RAM : DISK? This thing is called a Memory File System (MFS) on FreeBSD. Read the man page for mount_mfs. Recompile the kernel with "options MFS", too. For example, my /tmp is an MFS. This is from my /etc/fstab: /dev/sd0b /tmp mfs rw,-s=20480 0 0 -- Martin Butkus >>> Live long and prosper. <<< Phone/Fax: +49.5331.298710 Am Stadtwege 10, 38304 Wolfenbuettel, Germany