NAME
mdconfig —
configure MEMORY
disks
SYNOPSIS
mdconfig |
special_file
512-byte-blocks |
DESCRIPTION
The
mdconfig command configures memory disk devices. It will
associate the special file
special_file with a range of
user-virtual memory allocated by the
mdconfig process
itself. The
mdconfig command should be run in the
background. If successful, the command will not return. Otherwise, an error
message will be printed.
To "unconfigure" the memory disk, just kill the background
mdconfig process started earlier.
FILES
- /dev/rmd??
-
- /dev/md??
-
EXAMPLES
mdconfig /dev/md0c 2048 &
Configures the memory disk
md0c with one megabyte of
user-space memory.
SEE ALSO
mount(8),
swapon(8),
umount(8)
BUGS
The special device will become inoperative if the
mdconfig
process is killed while the special device is open.