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ramBunctious X

ramBunctious X - 2.0.1

RAM disk customized for desired speed, security.

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Current Version: 2.0.1
Release Date: 2005-03-31
License: Shareware
Downloads (this version): 4,041
Downloads (all versions): 7,371
Price: $25.00

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Product Description:

Provides basic RAM disk functionality for OS X, including being able to read from and write to RAM disks created using ramBunctious 1.x on OS 9 or below.

What's new in this version:

Panther support, ramBunctious now works with OS X 10.3.x and above.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • Mac OS X 10.0

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X

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ramBunctious X CommentaryBootable?! - Version: 2.0.1, 8/6/2009 09:11PM PST

libertyforall1776
Can this RAM disk be booted off to install Mac OS X for instance?
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ramBunctious X CommentaryJust use OSX itself to create a ram disk - Version: 2.0.1, 4/1/2006 04:25AM PST

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kasbo
It seems really silly to pay somebody to do this when you can just use OSX's built-in functionality. Create a plain-text file with the following commands in it:

#!/bin/sh
NUMSECTORS=524288
# 64mb = 131072
# 128mb = 262144
# 256mb = 524288
# 512mb = 1048576
# 1gb = 2097152
mydev=`hdid -nomount ram://$NUMSECTORS`
newfs_hfs $mydev
mkdir /tmp/ramdrive
mount -t hfs $mydev /tmp/ramdrive

Save the file with a name like 'mkramdisk.sh', and give it executable permissions:

chmod 755 mkramdisk.sh

Run it. Voila. This script is right out of the man page for hdid. You can also read about doing this at

http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_fs.html

K
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ramBunctious X CommentaryPanther and ramBunctious - Version: 2.0, 11/7/2003 01:01PM PST

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thebobster
There is a page on the Clarkwood Software web site that describes the issue with Panther:

http://www.clarkwoodsoftware.com/rambunctious/rambacc.html
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