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10-04-2002, 11:54 PM	#1
Bigun Member Registered: Aug 2002 Location: Hickville, TN Distribution: Gentoo > current. Have used: Red Hat 7.3, 9, Gentoo 1.4 Posts: 400 Rep:	Virtual RAM Drive? Is it possible to create a virtual RAM drive like DOS did? Without the 32Mb Limit?

10-05-2002, 05:17 AM	#2
acid_kewpie Moderator Registered: Jun 2001 Location: UK Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos Posts: 43,417 Rep:	yes, it's called a tmpfs file system in linux. have a look on google

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