Subject: Re: tmp in mfs and swap
To: None <tsarna@endicor.com>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: current-users
Date: 02/04/1996 15:30:31
> From: tsarna@endicor.com (Ty Sarna)
> Sender: owner-current-users@netbsd.org
> This reminds me... we now have two ways to put a filesystem in VM:
> mfs and ffs on /dev/rdN. What are the pros and cons of each?
If you just want a temp filesystem in VM, then mfs is more conveinent.
If you want to use some alternate FS format, or to save the FS image
after it is unmounted, then /dev/rdN lets you do that.
To use /dev/rdN as you would use mfs, you need to:
rdconfig /dev/rdNc (blocks) &
mkfs /dev/rdNc ...
mount /dev/rdN /mnt
Gordon