Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

David Wolfskill wrote: Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 15:11:09 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Hajimu UMEMOTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] We really need to provide a better rc.conf hook for doing this -- expecting people to write their own script just to create a /tmp is lame. I

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 12:12:35AM +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: A while ago someone suggested a /etc/md.conf and an mdon(1) similar to swapon(1). Putting it in terms of this analogy make this approach sound quite reasonable. This solution is much more flexible than simple /tmp fs on md

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], "David O'Brien" writes: On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 12:12:35AM +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: A while ago someone suggested a /etc/md.conf and an mdon(1) similar to swapon(1). Putting it in terms of this analogy make this approach sound quite reasonable. I can fully

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

Speaking of md, and such, since MFS got nuked, and I died horribly every time I tried to use md as a tmpfs, have the panics been fixed so I can use it now as a replacement for MFS? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Matthew Jacob writes: Speaking of md, and such, since MFS got nuked, and I died horribly every time I tried to use md as a tmpfs, have the panics been fixed so I can use it now as a replacement for MFS? Uhm, I'm drawing a blank here. When did you have panics ?

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 08:27:54PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck, Sorry David, but it there is nothing duck-like about at all... From a user's stand point, it acts just like the old MFS when used to create a swap backed

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:29:50 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob [EMAIL PROTECTED] Speaking of md, and such, since MFS got nuked, and I died horribly every time I tried to use md as a tmpfs, have the panics been fixed so I can use it now as a replacement for MFS? Well, it appears to work OK for

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], "David O'Brien" writes: On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 08:27:54PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck, Sorry David, but it there is nothing duck-like about at all... From a user's stand point, it acts just

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Matthew Jacob writes: Speaking of md, and such, since MFS got nuked, and I died horribly every time I tried to use md as a tmpfs, have the panics been fixed so I can use it now as a replacement for MFS? Uhm, I'm drawing a blank here. When did you have

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Matthew Jacob writes: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Matthew Jacob writes: Speaking of md, and such, since MFS got nuked, and I died horribly every time I tried to use md as a tmpfs, have the panics been fixed so I can use it now as a replacement for MFS?

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

The last month has been pretty rough on me, so bear with me, please. Okay. That's a very reasonable response. Can you resend the email please ? I'll just retry it now. Thank you for the above- I totally understand. My previous mail was just a "check-in" on it- not a demand. -matt To

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It doesn't panic, yet. Good! Much improved! All is good, ahem, except that when I ran this tmp filesystem out of space, it takes a while before the space comes back if you remove files :-) farrago.feral.com lmdd of=/tmp/file /tmp: write failed, file system is full 117.19 MB in 9.07

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That looks like regular softupdates behaviour to me ? In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Matthew Jacob writes: It doesn't panic, yet. Good! Much improved! All is good, ahem, except that when I ran this tmp filesystem out of space, it takes a while before the space comes back if you remove files

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That looks like regular softupdates behaviour to me ? Huh. I didn't know that there was this big of a delay. At any rate, thanks! I'll do some more testing and see if I can break it but I sure am happier to have something back! To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

"David O'Brien" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As long as someone that is familiar with all the "cool" and more esoteric uses of `md' was consulted to ensure the framework is sufficiently capable. If everyone (well, I guess mostly everyone) can agree on a suitable format for this md.conf, I'll

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

kris We really need to provide a better rc.conf hook for doing this -- kris expecting people to write their own script just to create a /tmp kris is lame. Here is just an example script (CAUTION: not well-tested) to create a filesystem/swap with mdconfig(8). This script support not only '/tmp

swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

During the past week, I've been tracking -STABLE (daily) -CURRENT (about 2 days out of 3) on a new laptop. (More stuff about that in the recent -mobile archives, for folks who might have an interest.) Although I realize that there are significant differences between the FreeBSD mfs vs. the Sun

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 13:17:58 -0800 (PST) David Wolfskill [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: david Accordingly, I created the following shell script to accomplish a david similar objective, based upon the above-mentioned example in the david mdconfig man page. At present, I have it sitting in david

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 03:11:09PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: We really need to provide a better rc.conf hook for doing this -- expecting people to write their own script just to create a /tmp is lame. It should be a wrapper called mount_mdfs or mount_mfs so people upgrading can keep their

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 03:15:27PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 03:11:09PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: We really need to provide a better rc.conf hook for doing this -- expecting people to write their own script just to create a /tmp is lame. It should be a

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 15:11:09 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Hajimu UMEMOTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] We really need to provide a better rc.conf hook for doing this -- expecting people to write their own script just to create a /tmp is lame. I appreciate the validation that what I'm

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 03:15:27PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: It should be a wrapper called mount_mdfs or mount_mfs so people upgrading can keep their /etc/fstab [mostly] the same. The latter would be best, IMO. I wrote a program to do this, but

Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one

On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 15:11:09 PST, Kris Kennaway wrote: We really need to provide a better rc.conf hook for doing this -- expecting people to write their own script just to create a /tmp is lame. Hello? Anybody there? Am I alone in this universe? Throw the goddamned ball!