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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:08:25 +0200
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
To: Michael Buesch <mbuesch@freenet.de>
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Subject: Re: [Q] don't allow tmpfs to page out
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On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 06:07:08PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> Quoting Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>:
> > On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 06:03:18PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > > >
> > > > which is why there is ramfs .. :)
> > >
> > > In 2.4, too? Can't find it.
> > > What's the CONFIG_* of ramfs?
> >
> > CONFIG_RAMFS
> 
> Ok, that's the thing /dev/ram* is about, isn't it?

nope

> I already have a /dev/ram mounted somewhere, but it's
> not dynamic in size. What am I missing. I'm kind of
> confused now. :)

yes you are;

just do 
mount -t ramfs none /mnt/point


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