redhat man page for ram

RAM(4)							     Linux Programmer's 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
       mknod(1), chown(1), mount(8)

Linux								    1992-11-21								    RAM(4)