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On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 romero3000@romero3000.com wrote:

> (sorry about cross-posting this question. not sure which list is better)
>
> I want to to know how to create a ram file system for /var and /tmp so
> that i can boot from flash memory and mount those two file systems on
> ramfs. I've looked for howto's online but haven't found anything. any
> suggestions????

Did you find rc.diskless2, which sets all this up for you?

This is a good description of how to use it (and set up other stuff for
diskless/readonly media systems):

http://neon1.net/misc/minibsd.html

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