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



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)

COLOPHON
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Linux                                                      1992-11-21                                                     RAM(4)