> Could some please explain the difference between RAMdisk and RAMFS to > me. Are the essentially the same things, just that RAMdisk is called > RAMFS in 2.4.x Ramdisk and ramfs are not the same thing. Ramdisk emulates a disk in memory, and you can create a filesystem on top of it. Ramfs is a filesystem by itself. To put it differently: Implementing Ramdisk involves providing block device operations - like a hard disk. Implementing Ramfs involves providing file & directory operations. HTH, Ravi. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
