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.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de),
.\"     Fri Apr  2 11:32:09 MET DST 1993
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.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:01:11 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
.TH ram 4 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
ram \- ram disk device
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I ram
device is a block device to access the ram disk in raw mode.
.P
It is typically created by:
.P
.in +4n
.EX
mknod \-m 660 /dev/ram b 1 1
chown root:disk /dev/ram
.EE
.in
.SH FILES
.I /dev/ram
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR chown (1),
.BR mknod (1),
.BR mount (8)
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4c1c5274	7	.TH ram 4 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
fea681da MK	8	.SH NAME
	9	ram \- ram disk device
	10	.SH DESCRIPTION
35cfd378 MK	11	The
	12	.I ram
	13	device is a block device to access the ram disk in raw mode.
c6d039a3	14	.P
fea681da	15	It is typically created by:
c6d039a3	16	.P
bdd915e2 MK	17	.in +4n
bdd915e2 MK	18	.EX
4d9b6984	19	mknod \-m 660 /dev/ram b 1 1
fea681da	20	chown root:disk /dev/ram
bdd915e2 MK	21	.EE
bdd915e2 MK	22	.in
fea681da	23	.SH FILES
2fc0f4df	24	.I /dev/ram
47297adb	25	.SH SEE ALSO
fea681da MK	26	.BR chown (1),
	27	.BR mknod (1),
	28	.BR mount (8)