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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)

Linux man-pages 6.7                          2023-10-31                                       ram(4)