FreeBSD working from RAM (MFSROOT) as a Workstation.

Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org
Fri Dec 5 14:46:01 UTC 2014


Outback Dingo <outbackdingo at gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Lowell Gilbert <
> freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
>
>> clutton <clutton at zoho.com> writes:
>>
>> > Is anyone use a FreeBSD as a Desktop working from RAM, using MFSROOT?
>>
>> TL;DR: To run from RAM, you first have to load the RAM. The chances that
>> an MFSROOT does this more efficiently (than starting directly from the
>> nonvolatile disk) seem remote.
>>
>
> well a good starting point to work from is mfsbsd
>
>
> http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/

That's a useful tool, but not relevant to desktop use.


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