Re: ramdisk

From: Arjan Schrijver <arjan_at_anymore.nl>
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:35:51 +0100

Bernard Parisse wrote:

> Is it possible to have a ramdisk and to add a line in /etc/fstab to
> mount /tmp on the ramdisk? That way I could write temporary
> files without making a write cycle each time on the SD card.
> I tried to add ramdisk_size=1024 in default.txt but I can not find
> something like /dev/ram to mount /tmp over.
> Thanks...

Hi Bernard,

Ramdisk support is already built into the kernel (otherwise we wouldn't
be able to use an initrd).
AFAIK the device names are /dev/ram{0-9}.

Regards,
Arjan
Received on Wed Jan 04 2006 - 08:43:38 EST

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