RAM
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (4)
Updated: 1992-11-21
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NAME
ram - ram disk device
DESCRIPTION
The
ram
device is a block device to access the ram disk in raw mode.
It is typically created by:
mknod -m 660 /dev/ram b 1 1
chown root:disk /dev/ram
FILES
/dev/ram
SEE ALSO
chown(1),
mknod(1),
mount(8)
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