From owner-freebsd-current Mon Mar 26 23:43:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C533237B719; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:43:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2R7h6942718; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:43:06 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200103270743.f2R7h6942718@harmony.village.org> To: Falco Krepel Subject: Re: use md device in /etc/rc.diskless{1,2} Cc: Mike Smith , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:44:36 +0200." <3ABF71F4.593D6C48@fokus.gmd.de> References: <3ABF71F4.593D6C48@fokus.gmd.de> <200103260708.f2Q78D601140@mass.dis.org> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:43:06 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <3ABF71F4.593D6C48@fokus.gmd.de> Falco Krepel writes: : 1. For example you could use the diskless boot procedure for smart : clients with a small disk used as swap space. So I think it is better to : use swap instead of malloc for var,dev, and tmp. This could be done with : a variable (e.g. diskless_swap_enable). What do think about it? I think it is a bad idea. rc.diskless* is often used in cases where no swap exists. This is a very popular way to run of cf where you cannot configure swap due to excess wear and tear on the cf which has a very limited number of writes. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message