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Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 13:18:01 +1000 (EST)
From: HMG coA reductase <s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>
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Subject: Disk cache?
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g'day all,
i am wondering if FreeBSD implements something analogous to MS-DOS'
SmartDrive, viz a disk cache to speed up access.

i noticed that if i do say a "man ifconfig" (or man whatever) consecutively,
even with no other users around, it takes almost the same amount of time
to bring the screen up.

Is swap used for such a purpose as cacheing?

ivan