Some ideas for FreeBSD
RW
fbsd06 at mlists.homeunix.com
Thu Feb 14 00:40:23 UTC 2008
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:02:45 -0700
Chad Perrin <perrin at apotheon.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:32:16PM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> >
> > One could mount an md filesystem and then use that as swap. That
> > way you wouldn't need to use any disc space. As a plus, the
> > performance would be way better than disc.
>
> Okay, I'm confused. Are we talking about using md(4) to create a
> virtual disk in RAM, then putting your swap there? If so . . . why?
>
> Do you just lack understanding of what swap is?
I think it was intended as a joke.
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