On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Warner Losh wrote:
WL>In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Falco Krepel writes:
WL>: 1. For example you could use the diskless boot procedure for smart
WL>: clients with a small disk used as swap space. So I think it is better to
WL>: use swap instead of malloc for var,dev, and tmp. This could be done with
WL>: a variable (e.g. diskless_swap_enable). What do think about it?
WL>
WL>I think it is a bad idea. rc.diskless* is often used in cases where no
WL>swap exists. This is a very popular way to run of cf where you cannot
WL>configure swap due to excess wear and tear on the cf which has a very
WL>limited number of writes.
Well, the idea is to have a config knob, where you can tell to mdconfig
whether it should use 'swap' or 'malloc'. This should, of course, default
to malloc.
harti
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