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Date:      Wed, 29 Nov 2000 13:10:00 -0500 (EST)
From:      Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu>
To:        Amit Tantia <amit@tallysolutions.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ram Disk Drivers
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.10.10011291309130.22624-100000@battlezone.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>
In-Reply-To: <010001c05a2e$f2424a40$ecb5c5cb@peutronics.com>

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You mean mfs right?  try 
man mfs

On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Amit Tantia wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have an free bsd 4.1.1 running on my system with Apache...and I have an
> AMD K6 with 400 mbs ram...I am looking out for a ram disk driver for our
> system
> 
> Normally, when you write out to a file the operating system has disk drivers
> which write the data out to a physical disk. Some programmers have written
> drivers that use memory and make that memory look like a hard drive to the
> operating system. This means when you read file from the disk the read
> happens VERY VERY quickly (much faster than reading from a hard drive).
> 
> If any one can help me with locating the best source of for a ram disk
> driver...I would be very grateful.
> 
> Amit Tantia
> 
> 
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