Subject: RE: "Pure" RAMDisk
To: 'Izumi Tsutsui' <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
From: Bruce Martin <BruceM@cat.co.za>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/12/1999 09:01:02
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I need to do raw reads and writes to a memory disk. So I
enter:
	mdconfig /dev/md0a 2048 &

But get the error message:
	/dev/md0a: Device not configured

How do I configure the /dev/md*'s so I can use them as
memory disks?

Thanks
  Bruce

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I need to do raw reads and writes to a memory disk. So I enter:</FONT>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT SIZE=2>mdconfig /dev/md0a 2048 &amp;</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>But get the error message:</FONT>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT SIZE=2>/dev/md0a: Device not configured</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>How do I configure the /dev/md*'s so I can use them as memory disks?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp; Bruce</FONT>
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