Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Howto Create A RAMDISK in Ubuntu / debian Linux

Some times we need to create Ramdisk for temporary use. Very easily you can make a ramdisk. it is lightning fast, because it is in RAM.

Open a Terminal


$ sudo mkdir /mnt/ramdisk

$ sudo mount -t tmpfs none /mnt/ramdisk
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10 comments:

  1. bloggerspecSeptember 11, 2009 at 12:54 PM

    what is a ramdisk

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  2. jordanSeptember 19, 2009 at 1:05 AM

    A ramdisk lets you directly store files in physical memory as if it was on your hard drive.

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  3. UnknownNovember 6, 2009 at 12:30 AM

    How to set up a size of a ramdisk ?

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  4. UnknownNovember 6, 2009 at 12:31 AM

    How to set up a size of a ramdisk ?

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  5. shibuvarkalaNovember 6, 2009 at 9:42 AM

    sudo mkfs -t ext3 -q /dev/ram1 65536
    sudo mkdir -p /ramdisk
    sudo mount /dev/ram1 /ramdisk -o defaults,rw

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  6. shibuvarkalaNovember 6, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    change the number "65536" for a larger or smaller ramdisk, alter /dev/ram1 to another RAM device if you are creating multiple ramdisks

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  7. UnknownNovember 6, 2009 at 12:28 PM

    Is bad the following realization of a ramdisk ?

    $ sudo mkdir /media/ramdisk
    $ sudo mount -t ramfs -o size=64m ramfs /media/ram

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  8. UnknownDecember 24, 2009 at 2:09 PM

    Is it permanent?

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2010 at 9:48 PM

    I played with the ram disk on my Mac in Snow Leopard's terminal, but there is an icon for a ram disk on the desktop that makes it easier. Where on the Ubuntu menu in Karmic Koala can I find the ram disk that this creates? And can I save files directly from Open Office into the ram disk if I follow Panayara's code

    sudo mkfs -t ext3 -q /dev/ram1 65536
    sudo mkdir -p /ramdisk
    sudo mount /dev/ram1 /ramdisk -o defaults,rw

    I assume that I have to reinstall the ram disk each time I reboot--though comment on Ubuntu forums implies that Ubuntu has a ram disk in the directory dev/shm How do I mount that in Ubuntu so I can save files in it directly from Open Office or from one of the USB drives I have plugged in?

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  10. Helen FrancisApril 27, 2011 at 4:24 AM

    There's an easy way to create and mount a RAM disk in ubuntu explained here: http://www.techtach.org/using-and-mounting-a-ram-disk-in-ubuntu-the-easy-way

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