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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.be.innet.net!INbe.net!news.nl.innet.net!INnl.net!hunter.premier.net!news.cais.net!op.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!nntp.inet.fi!news.funet.fi!news.cs.tut.fi!korppi.cs.tut.fi!k125374 From: k125374@korppi.cs.tut.fi (Mika Kortelainen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD-1.1 Memory File System Date: 6 Aug 1996 19:42:43 GMT Organization: Tampere University of Technology (CS) Lines: 11 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4u877j$dml@peippo.cs.tut.fi> References: <4ts8g2$n92@inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com> <4u36as$gbs@colwyn.owl.de> <6EHUjvqZo$B@rimki.toppoint.de> <4u7ogq$g7h@innocence.interface-business.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: korppi.cs.tut.fi NNTP-Posting-User: k125374 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) writes: >Nope, it's a virtual memory disk, i.e. its contents is backed by >paging space. Hmm, what is it used for then? If it were a "ram disk", I'd understand (and use it because it would of course be faster for e.g. temporary files during compilation). Mika Kortelainen