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How do i create RAM drive under ubuntu. And would he automounted at startup?

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Quote from http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/move-google-chrome-cache-to-ramdisk/: 

gksu gedit /etc/fstab

Add the following line to the bottom of the text file that opens but BE CAREFUL – do not touch, edit or enter ANYTHING else:

tmpfs  /media/ramdisk  tmpfs   defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
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Txh, it was very helpful =) – litvin05 Nov 7 '10 at 20:09
    
What or who are you quoting? – Marco Ceppi♦ Nov 8 '10 at 14:39
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dead link alert :) – Stefano Palazzo♦ Jan 12 '11 at 8:24
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It looks like the source was deleted / moved. But all the important stuff is written in the post above :) – Paweł Karpiński Jan 12 '11 at 8:30
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I don't quite know what you mean with a RAM drive but if you mean more swapspace, you'll have to use a livecd with gparted, add a new swap partition, and then edit /etc/fstab to make the swap partition mount on boot.

Be careful, though, since making a mistake while editing fstab could have disastrous results and your system may not boot up anymore.

Also, you can mount two partitions under the same name, like swap.

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It woul boot up, if backup fstab and if error occurred recover it with live cd =), but i mean a RAM-Drive, not swap or anything else. I want to take a lot of space from my RAM, and make it space as drive... – litvin05 Nov 7 '10 at 20:08

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