Some ideas for FreeBSD

[RW]

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.