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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Mylex DAC vs RAM disk in 2.4.2 devfs
Date: 17 Apr 2001 09:23:45 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9bhqmh$50d$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01041713220107.28478@lyta> <20010417140859.E4385@kallisto.sind-doof.de>

Followup to:  <20010417140859.E4385@kallisto.sind-doof.de>
By author:    Andreas Ferber <aferber@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 01:22:01PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> 
> > Mylex controllers for a long time.  I am willing to submit patches to the 
> > kernel and to devfsd if this suggestion is accepted and someone can suggest a 
> > good directory name for ram-disks (I don't want to have the same problem 
> > again).
> 
> What about simply "ramdisk"? ;-)
> 

The standard name is /dev/ramX.  If you want it directorized I suggest
/dev/ram/X.

	-hpa
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  reply	other threads:[~2001-04-17 16:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-04-17 11:22 Mylex DAC vs RAM disk in 2.4.2 devfs Russell Coker
2001-04-17 12:08 ` Andreas Ferber
2001-04-17 16:23   ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-04-18  7:17 ` Richard Gooch

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