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Re: ramdisk size



on Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 04:31:50PM +0000, Timo Benk (510064901071-0001@t-online.de) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> if i create a filesystem on a ramdisk for example with
> 	mke2fs /dev/ram0
> the ramdisk is as big as defined in the kernel.
> 
> Is there a way to change this size and create a ramdisk /dev/ram0
> with 16 MB and at the same time /dev/ram1 with 8MB.

Ramdisk size is set at boot with /etc/lilo.conf options or lilo prompt
options.  

    man lilo lilo.conf

See also the BootPrompt HOWTO.

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