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ram

ram disk device

DESCRIPTION
       Ram  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


"All your life you live so close to truth it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye. And when something nudges it into outline, it's like being ambushed by a grotesque." Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Related commands:

mknod - Make block or character special files
chown - Change file owner and group
mount - Mount a file system