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mount in ram
mkdir /mnt/ramdisk
Then use the mount command to create a RAM disk.
mount -t [TYPE] -o size=[SIZE] [FSTYPE] [MOUNTPOINT]
Substitute the following attirbutes for your own values:
[TYPE] is the type of RAM disk to use; either tmpfs or ramfs.
[SIZE] is the size to use for the file system. Remember that ramfs does not have a physical limit and is specified as a starting size.
[FSTYPE] is the type of RAM disk to use; either tmpfs, ramfs, ext4, etc.
Example:
mount -t tmpfs -o size=512m tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk
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