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MDCONFIG(8)             NetBSD System Manager's Manual             MDCONFIG(8)


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 allo-
     cated by the mdconfig process itself.  The mdconfig command should be run
     in the background.  If successful, the command will not return.  Other-
     wise, an error message will be printed.

     To "unconfigure" the memory disk, just kill the background mdconfig pro-
     cess 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.

NetBSD 1.6                       July 8, 1993                                1