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How can I change the amount and size of Linux ramdisks (/dev/ram0 - /dev/ram15)?
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Using Linux, when I boot I automatically have 16 16MB ramdisks, however, I would like to create one really large ramdisk to test some software. I found that I can adjust the size of the ramdisks already on the system with the kernel boot parameter however, this makes all 16 ramdisks (/dev/ram0 - /d…
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Fix for: How can I change the amount and size of Linux ramdisks (/dev/ram0 - /dev/ram15)?
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Kernel compile time There are two kernel configuration options that you can set in your file: This configured my kernel to create one ramdisk that is 10G at boot time. Notes: is in KB. Don't specify more memory than you actually have RAM in your com…
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