Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:37:34 -0800 From: David Marshall <dmarshall@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best Way to Mount a File-Backed Memory Disk at Boot-Time? Message-ID: <53f158630511081537p44067acch4ed37fbf65ed6eda@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20051009184730.0607fa40@cobalt.antimatter.net> References: <53f158630510091816j2b996040g53165046b9bf3fd@mail.gmail.com> <6.2.3.4.2.20051009184730.0607fa40@cobalt.antimatter.net>
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FYI, it is a "convenient" property of mount_mfs that it will do a newfs on your file-backed memory store upon mounting it. I understand that a new parameter has been added in -CURRENT recently to have it preserve the contents of the file-backed memory disk. Caveat mounter! On 10/9/05, Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> wrote: > At 06:16 PM 10/9/2005, David Marshall wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I've got a system with a file-backed memory disk that needs to be run > >through mdconfig and then mounted at boot-time? What's the best way > >to do this? > > > >Is putting a script into /usr/local/etc/rc.d the best? > > make an entry in fstab that looks something like: > > md /mount/point mfs rw,-F/path/to/backing/store 0 0 > > -Glenn > > > >TIA! > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.= org" > >
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