How do I deallocate a Linux RAMDISK, e.g. /dev/ram0?
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I've been playing with Linux RAMDISKs, as in the block device . I understand that when I first start writing to one of these devices some RAM is allocated to it. How do I free the memory used by, say, ? Put another way: how do I indicate to the Linux kernel that I'm done and it can reclaim whatever…
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/dev/ram0
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Unless you format the ramdisk something along the lines of The ramdisks themselves don't actually occupy any memory space. If you do format and mount a ramdisk however, the only way that I remember doing is by using freeramdisk but that was a long l…
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