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ram(4)                  Kernel Interfaces Manual                  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)

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Linux man-pages 6.9.1          2024-05-02                         ram(4)

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