Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 22:19:15 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: aurfalien <aurfalien@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Filesystems <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mdconfig via rc.conf Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403042215470.39032@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <80EE335C-E85A-433B-A4A2-287BA8BA1345@gmail.com> References: <80EE335C-E85A-433B-A4A2-287BA8BA1345@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, aurfalien wrote: > Hi, > > Apology for the cross post as I asked in the general questions list and also if this is not an appropriate question. > > But are there any other parameters I would need to setup a ram disk at boot time? > > I have this in my rc.conf; > > mdconfig_md100=?-t malloc -s 12G? rc.conf is sourced, but not the place for code. > I?ve opted not to mount or format it for now. > > But upon boot, I do not see the md100 device. > > Is there anything I need in rc.conf to enable this? It depends on the version of FreeBSD. On FreeBSD 10, it's easy to do with an entry in /etc/fstab, see fstab(5). For earlier versions, I'm not sure of the best way. There's /etc/rc.local, but may be more automated ways in the other rc scripts.
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