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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