MDCONFIG(8) System Manager's Manual MDCONFIG(8)
NAME
mdconfigconfigure MEMORY disks
SYNOPSIS
mdconfig
special_file 512-byte-blocks
DESCRIPTION
The mdconfig command configures memory disk devices. It will associate the special file special_file with a range of user-virtual memory allocated by the mdconfig process itself. The mdconfig command should be run in the background. If successful, the command will not return. Otherwise, an error message will be printed.
 
To "unconfigure" the memory disk, just kill the background mdconfig process started earlier.
FILES
/dev/rmd??
/dev/md??
EXAMPLES
mdconfig /dev/md0c 2048 &
 
Configures the memory disk md0c with one megabyte of user-space memory.
SEE ALSO
BUGS
The special device will become inoperative if the mdconfig process is killed while the special device is open.