creating a ramdrive

[Rajinder Yadav]

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Tyler Aviss<tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> According to here, you would use "-o size=6M" for a 6MB ramdisk
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMPFS
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:12 AM, William Park<opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>> Try "tmpfs".
>>
>> --- On Tue, 8/4/09, Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: creating a ramdrive
>>> To: "[TLUG]" <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
>>> Received: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 5:01 AM
>>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:05 AM,
>>> Rajinder Yadav<devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> > How to I create a ram drive and specify size, let say
>>> 6 MB?
>>>
>>> ok I just figured out how to create and use a loopback
>>> filesystem, i
>>> just want to know if it's also possible to create a
>>> mountable
>>> filesystem in RAM, and how do I go about doing this?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> Rajinder Yadav
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> Tyler Aviss
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William, Tyler thank you the info =) ... reading the outdated bootdisk
how-to, I was starting to get the feeling this was something you could
only specify in the kernel during before bootup, nice to see you can
do it after login.

-- 
Kind Regards,
Rajinder Yadav
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