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Date:      Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:43:06 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
To:        Falco Krepel <krepel@fokus.gmd.de>
Cc:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: use md device in /etc/rc.diskless{1,2} 
Message-ID:  <200103270743.f2R7h6942718@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:44:36 %2B0200." <3ABF71F4.593D6C48@fokus.gmd.de> 
References:  <3ABF71F4.593D6C48@fokus.gmd.de>  <200103260708.f2Q78D601140@mass.dis.org> 

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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

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