NAME

rd — ramdisk driver

SYNOPSIS

pseudo-device rd [count]

DESCRIPTION

The rd driver enables use of system or user memory as a disk. Memory for the disk must be allocated and initialized inside the kernel image at build-time using the elfrdsetroot tool.

The elfrdsetroot tool is available as part of the distribution toolset.

FILES

/dev/rd??

Block mode ramdisk devices.

/dev/rrd??

Raw mode ramdisk devices.

SEE ALSO

elf(5)