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Command: loadramdisk | Section: 8 | Source: MINIX | File: loadramdisk.8
LOADRAMDISK(8) System Manager's Manual LOADRAMDISK(8)
NAME
loadramdisk - copy an image of a file system to /dev/ram
SYNOPSIS
loadramdisk file
DESCRIPTION
Loadramdisk copies the content of a device or a file containing an im-
age of a file system, specified by the file argument, to /dev/ram. This
way the source is preserved untouched, and can resides on a read-only
media like a CD, while the copied-to version may be mounted as read-
write file system and used as root device.
NOTES
A ramdisk can be initialized only once.
SEE ALSO
dev(4), init(8), mount(2), newroot(8).
AUTHOR
Loadramdisk.c was written by Philip Homburg.
February 1st, 2010 LOADRAMDISK(8)