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From: gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Second RAM disk?
Summary: What do you do with the "first" RAM disk?
Message-ID: <1690@targon.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 91 15:57:30 GMT
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References: <47610@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
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In article <47610@nigel.ee.udel.edu> u27602@uy (Jeffrey C. Ollie) writes:
>Hello *,
>
>  I am wondering if it is possible to create a second ram disk (approx.
>300k in size) and then mount it on /tmp.
>
>Jeff

The question is: `What do you do with the RAM disk that you have ?'

If you have your root fs in it (like the default situation) then /tmp
(and /bin for that matter) is allready in the RAM disk unless you
mount a hd partition or floppy on it.

If you happen to run your system with the root fs on a (hard) disk partition
then you have still the possibility the use the (one and only :-) ram disk
for /tmp.
The latter requiers to change some defines in boot.h, recompile the kernel
and some line in /etc/rc that create a valid file system (mkfs) in /dev/ram.
(maybe also a mknod of /dev/ram with a size parameter).

Still want a 2nd RAM disk ?

Gert Kanis.
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