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25 lines
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Executable file
.TH LOADRAMDISK 8 "February 1st, 2010"
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.SH NAME
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loadramdisk \- copy an image of a file system to /dev/ram
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B loadramdisk
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.IR file
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Loadramdisk
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copies the content of a device or a file containing an image of a file system,
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specified by the
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.I file
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argument, to \fB/dev/ram\fP. This way the source is preserved
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untouched, and can resides on a read-only media like a CD, while the copied-to
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version may be mounted as read-write file system and used as root device.
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.SH NOTES
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A ramdisk can be initialized only once.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR dev (4),
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.BR init (8),
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.BR mount (2),
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.BR newroot (8).
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.SH AUTHOR
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.I Loadramdisk.c
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was written by Philip Homburg.
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.\" This manual page by A. Leca, last revised 2010-02-01.
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