On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 06:12:16PM -0700, Nathaniel G H wrote: > > Can one of you help me with a quick overview of what has happened > > with the Memory File System since 4.4BSD to the FreeBSD that exists > > today? > > Hi, > > I've never used it myself, but I read an article about it on > the O'Reilly network; hold on a sec while I look it up.... > > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/371 > > I've been considering using this for various purposes, since > it'll probably speed up some things a great deal. Please let > me know how it works for you... If you want a memory-backed filesystem in FreeBSD, use md(4). You'll be happier with the results. MFS is good if you want a memory-backed filesystem that runs on all 4.4BSD-based stuff. ==ml -- Michael Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
