Re: 2.1.118 ramdisk

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 31 Aug 1998 08:01:15 +0100

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On Sat, Aug 29, 1998 at 03:09:42PM -0600, Charlie Ross wrote:
> If I cp /etc/fstab /dev/ram1, I get an I/O error, and when I cat /dev/ram1
> to see if anything made it in, it turns out that only the first 1024 bytes
> make it, and then I get a second I/O error on the read.

You need to make a filesystem (one of mke2fs /dev/ram1 BLOCKS, mkromfs
... etc.). Then you need to mount it (mkdir /ramdisk; mount /dev/ram1
/ramdisk). Then you can poke about in /ramdisk.

-- Jamie

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