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
ramBunctious X
RAM disk customized for desired speed, security.
Version: 2.0.1
Just use OSX itself to create a ram disk - nicerobot
Can the same technique be used to make the disk appear as though it is a CD/DVD-ROM drive?I'd love to be able to "burn" to a RAM disk.
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Tuesday, November 28 2006 @ 02:19 PM PST