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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2015-04-24 11:14:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2015-04-24 13:46:03 +0200 |
| commit | 1aa04a53c002c2fdadf32e2329fc144dcf145fe4 (patch) | |
| tree | 85a430533a16b10d3431963aacf2ed901a22bdc1 /man7/bootparam.7 | |
| parent | 3aa4ee77a0bf43c1951f31ec68c81c72089b7c22 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-1aa04a53c002c2fdadf32e2329fc144dcf145fe4.tar.gz | |
bootparam.7: Remove crufty text
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7 index ae57ce379a..0698c64fda 100644 --- a/man7/bootparam.7 +++ b/man7/bootparam.7 @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ will clear the counters. .BR CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM .) In general it is a bad idea to use a ramdisk under Linux\(emthe system will use available memory more efficiently itself. -But while booting (or while constructing boot floppies) +But while booting, it is often useful to load the floppy contents into a ramdisk. One might also have a system in which first @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ Earlier, the memory was allocated statically, and there was a 'ramdisk=N' parameter to tell its size. (This could also be set in the kernel image at compile time.) These days ram disks use the buffer cache, and grow dynamically. -For a lot of information in conjunction with the new ramdisk +For a lot of information on the current ramdisk setup, see the kernel source file .IR Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt .RI ( Documentation/ramdisk.txt |