Re: [TCLUG:9949] How do I set up a ramdisk?

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Subject: Re: [TCLUG:9949] How do I set up a ramdisk?
From: schewe@tcfreenet.org
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 23:08:19 -0600 (EST)
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Reply-To: schewe@tcfreenet.org

On  9 Nov, Karl Morgan wrote:
>      # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ram bs=1024 count=2048
> 
> 2) Then create the filesystem on the ramdisk
> 
>      # /sbin/mke2fs -vm0 /dev/ram 2048
> 
> 3) Then mount it wherever you like
> 
>      # mount /dev/ram /mnt
> 

Why does one need the first dd?  Why not just the mkfs?  Also what does
one need to do to free up that memory?  Just unmount it?

-- 
Jon Schewe 
http://eggplant.mtu.net/~jpschewe
schewe@tcfreenet.org

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