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34 .Nd configure MEMORY disks
42 command configures memory disk devices.
43 It will associate the special file
45 with a range of user-virtual memory allocated by the
49 command should be run in the background.
50 If successful, the command will not return.
51 Otherwise, an error message will be printed.
53 To "unconfigure" the memory disk, just kill the background
55 process started earlier.
57 .Bl -tag -width /etc/rmd?? -compact
62 .Dl mdconfig /dev/md0c 2048 \*[Am]
64 Configures the memory disk
66 with one megabyte of user-space memory.
72 The special device will become inoperative if the
74 process is killed while the special device is open.