NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     rd - ramdisk driver

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     pseudo-device rd [count]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The rd driver enables use of system  or  user  memory  as  a
disk.  Memory for
     the disk must be allocated and initialized inside the kernel
image at
     build-time using the rdsetroot tool.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /dev/rd??   block mode ramdisk devices.
     /dev/rrd??  raw mode ramdisk devices.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     The rdsetroot tool is available as part of the  distribution
toolset.

OpenBSD      3.6                           May      14,      2001