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2 Using the RAM disk block device with Linux
16 The RAM disk driver is a way to use main system memory as a block device.  It
22 The RAM disk dynamically grows as more space is required. It does this by using
26 The RAM disk supports up to 16 RAM disks by default, and can be reconfigured
31 To use RAM disk support with your system, run './MAKEDEV ram' from the /dev
35 The new RAM disk also has the ability to load compressed RAM disk images,
37 rescue floppy disk.
48 This parameter tells the RAM disk driver to set up RAM disks of N k size.  The
80 If you make a boot disk that has LILO, then for the above, you would use::
87 To create a RAM disk image, you will need a spare block device to
88 construct it on. This can be the RAM disk device itself, or an
89 unused disk partition (such as an unmounted swap partition). For this
90 example, we will use the RAM disk device, "/dev/ram0".
93 of RAM. If using a spare disk partition instead of /dev/ram0, then this
96 a) Decide on the RAM disk size that you want. Say 2 MB for this example.
97    Create it by writing to the RAM disk device. (This step is not currently
111 d) Compress the contents of the RAM disk. The level of compression
113    space on the RAM disk will compress to almost nothing::
121 f) Put the RAM disk image onto the floppy, after the kernel. Use an offset
124    the RAM disk image. An offset of 400 kB for kernels about 350 kB in
134 That is it. You now have your boot/root compressed RAM disk floppy. Some