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5.Dd May 14, 2001
6.Dt RD 4
7.Os
8.Sh NAME
9.Nm rd
10.Nd ramdisk driver
11.Sh SYNOPSIS
12.Cd "pseudo-device rd"
13.Sh DESCRIPTION
14The
15.Nm
16driver enables use of system or user memory as a disk.
17Memory for the disk must be allocated and initialized inside the
18kernel image at build-time using the
19.Nm rdsetroot
20tool.
21.Sh FILES
22.Bl -tag -width /dev/rrdXX -compact
23.It Pa "/dev/rd??"
24block mode ramdisk devices.
25.It Pa "/dev/rrd??"
26raw mode ramdisk devices.
27.El
28.Sh SEE ALSO
29The
30.Nm rdsetroot
31tool is available as part of the distribution toolset.
32