# phpman > man > ram(4)

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## 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/chown/1/markdown), [**mknod**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mknod/1/markdown), [**mount**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mount/8/markdown)

## COLOPHON
       This  page  is  part  of  release  5.10 of the Linux _man-pages_ project.  A description of the
       project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be  found
       at <https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/>.



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