>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Matt> Use the vn device to create a swap-backed filesystem. 'man
Matt> vnconfig'. (In current VN functionality has been merged into MD
Matt> and MD in swap-backed mode should be used instead ). If you
Matt> turn softupdates on on the VN based filesystem, it should work
Matt> quite nicely for small files and yet still be able to handle the
Matt> very large files (assuming you have sufficient swap).
Hmmm... I was just having a little fun, and I think that someone's
using the wrong type of integer somewhere:
[1:23:323]root@news:~> vnconfig -e -s labels -S 1t vn0
[1:24:324]root@news:~> disklabel -r -w vn0 auto
[1:25:325]root@news:~> newfs /dev/vn0c
preposterous size -2147483648
Dave.
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