How to create RAM disk?

[Bill Mueller]

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 <jeff at sedona.net>:

> 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
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