Ramdisk Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v2

-s Specifies the size of the Ramdisk volume
To delete a Ramdisk instance, enter the following command at the HP-UX command
prompt:
$ ramutil -d -v volume_number
Where:
-d Deletes a Ramdisk volume
-v Associates a volume number with the Ramdisk
For more information about using the command, see the ramutil(1M) manpage.
Obtaining Configuration Details
To obtain the Ramdisk configuration details, enter the following command at the HP-UX
command prompt:
#diskinfo /dev/rdsk/ram12
SCSI describe of /dev/rdsk/ram12:
vendor: HP
product id: RAM_DISK
type: direct access
size: 2097152 Kbytes
bytes per sector: 1024
or
#ioscan -fknH /255
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
==========================================================================
vroot_rdsk 0 255/43 rdsk_root CLAIMED VIRTBUS
disk 42 255/43/12 ramdisc CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ramdisk (NoSwap) 1.0
/dev/dsk/ram12 /dev/rdsk/ram12
disk 44 255/43/13 ramdisc CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ramdisk 1.0
/dev/dsk/ram13 /dev/rdsk/ram13
For more information about using these commands, see the diskinfo(1M), and the
ioscan(1M) manpages.
NOTE: A Ramdisk can be configured from the SAM application on an HP-UX 11i v2
system using the patch PHCO_36563. A Ramdisk configuration is similar to the normal
disk configuration. For more information about viewing the details of disk configuration
using SAM, see the HP-UX System Administrator's Guide at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv2.html#System%20Administration
Known Problems, Workarounds, and Limitations
Currently, there are no known problems.
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