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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