Subject: Re: cheap performance boost tip
To: None <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 08/30/1998 19:32:38
> "md" is not required for MFS, fyi...
Oho. What actually is it used for then?
> > /dev/wd0b /tmp mfs rw,-s=81920 0 0
>
> ...I actually prefer using "swap" instead of an actual partition name.
Where is that documented? (I don't see it in the 1.3.2 man pages.)
> This is only used to compute the geometry that the file system will
> use (remember, MFS == FFS in memory :-), and mount_mfs fakes a reasonable
> one for you if you specify "swap".
Define "reasonable".
Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ best.com