How to create ram-drive in linux

[MameXP]

Ok, i got my mandrake 9.0 working perfectly for months now. But now i want to look more into boosting performance. I really want to know how to make a ram-drive in linux as i always do in windows.

Thanks a lots,

[Dolda2000]

Check /proc/filesystems to see if tmpfs is present. It usually is by default on many new distributions. If it is, you need just mount a tmpfs anywhere that you want a ramdisk. (Like "mount -t tmpfs none /mnt/ramdisk").

[danbo]

what exactly does a RAMDrive do ?

Edit: no need to answer, i found this:

RAM disk.. Refers to RAM that has been configured to simulate a disk drive. You can access files on a RAM disk as you would access files on a real disk. RAM disks, however, are approximately a thousand times faster than hard disk drives. They are particularly useful, therefore, for applications that require frequent disk accesses.

Taken from: http://webopedia.com/

[Dolda2000]

However, in Linux you need them _very_ seldomly since the kernel does so good caching of normal HDDs anyway.

[noelt]

boost performance..

- for internet purposes...
- install squid..

- as a system..
- remove the unwanted/not in-used services running at startup
- re-compile kernel for optimum performance if u can...


hopes this helps!

~noelt.

[genlee]

You can use hdparm to tweek hd for better performance.

[Dolda2000]

And not least, if you can find a kernel driver for your chipset, USE IT! For me, it sped up my IDE throughput with over an order of magnitude!