Easiest way to do it is to dd some free space into /dev/ramX and mount it as a loop device.
Might have the syntax a bit off, but something like this should work for a 64Meg ramdisk: dd if=/dev/ram0 of=/dev/zero bs=1k count=64k mkfs.ext3 /dev/ram0 mkdir /mnt/my_ramdisk mount /dev/ram0 /mnt/my_ramdisk -o loop Google might help too, but this should get you started. -Bill Quoting Jeffrey Paul Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I need to create a RAM disk so that I can read and write files to memory for > faster performance. I don't seem to have tmpfs. Can anybody advise me how to > either how to acquire tmpfs or use some other means of creating a RAM disk? > > Thanks! > > Jeff > > Jeffrey Paul Burger > 2675 W. Hwy. 89A - PMB 455 > Sedona, AZ 86336 > 928-203-0170 > > "There are only two ways to live your life. > One is as though nothing is a miracle. > The other is as if everything is." > --Albert Einstein > > > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > -------------------------------------------- http://YDL.net - The online community for Yellow Dog Linux users _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
