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From: flint@gistdev.gist.com (Flint Pellett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: RAM Disk in UNIX
Keywords: RAM Disk
Message-ID: <1170@gistdev.gist.com>
Date: 3 May 91 20:08:29 GMT
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Organization: Global Information Systems Technology Inc., Savoy, IL
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Summary RE: RAM disk on UNIX: (I received a lot of response: mucho
thanks to everyone who sent me information!)

Several people pointed out that ISC already has a RAM disk capability
built in.  (I don't use ISC so I wasn't aware of that.)  (Details:
Run kconfig, elect to configure the HPDD (for High Performance Disk
Drive?), and at some point it will ask if you want a RAM disk.
Say yes, it will ask how big, and then will configure it for you.
Build the new kernel, reboot, and the ramdisk will be mounted as /tmp.)

Another respondent sent a copy of a recent posting of ram disk source
that appeared in comp.unix.sysv386.
-- 
Flint Pellett, Global Information Systems Technology, Inc.
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