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- From: alsaggaf@athena.mit.edu (M. Saggaf)
- Subject: Re: RAM Disk Trouble (Solved)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.201646.20874@athena.mit.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 20:16:46 GMT
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- (I'm reposting this. I think it didn't make the last time. sorry if
- you see it twice.)
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- In article <1992Sep4.160053.4330@athena.mit.edu> alsaggaf@athena.mit.edu (M. Saggaf) writes:
- >I tried to use the RAM disk tonight but ran into a bit of a problem. I
- >compiled the kernel with the RAM disk support. Then made a file system
- >using the command mkfs /dev/ram 512 and mounted /dev/ram. However, I
- >keep getting I/O error messages relating to thr RAM disk. Did I use
- >the correct procedure in using the RAM disk? (I couldn't find anything
- >in the FAQ). If so, what would be the source of trouble here? Any help
- >is appreciated.
- >
-
- I found out that the minor device number for /dev/ram in the root disk
- 0.97.1 is inaccurate. It should be 1 rather than 0. No problem now.
- Jim, will you please fix that in the next release?
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