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RAM(4)                     Linux Programmer's Manual                    RAM(4)



NAME
       ram - ram disk device

DESCRIPTION
       The Ram device is a block device to access(2,5) the ram disk in(1,8) raw(3x,7,8,3x cbreak) mode.

       It is typically created by:

              mknod(1,2) -m 660 /dev/ram b 1 1
              chown(1,2) root:disk /dev/ram


FILES
       /dev/ram

SEE ALSO
       chown(1,2)(1), mknod(1,2)(1), mount(2,8)(8)



Linux                             1992-11-21                            RAM(4)