I'm still remembering old-school ramdisks under Linux which were finite in both number and size, both to quite small extents. I think there were 8 (or 12 or 16?) total ramdisks available, of only 2-4 MB each, configurable with LILO boot options.
That's now ... mostly taking up valuable storage in my own brain for no useful effect.
It looks like a good intro, thanks. I wasn't aware of these technologies, but I knew it was possible to build an FS in RAM. So I just put these two keywords together.
FWIW, I learned a few things researching my answer.
(A prime validation for answering questions, BTW.)
My first read was that the old-school ramfs / ramdisk limitations still held. I can't actually even find documentation on them, though I'm pretty sure I'm not dreaming this.
https://www.jamescoyle.net/knowledge/951-the-difference-betw...
I'm still remembering old-school ramdisks under Linux which were finite in both number and size, both to quite small extents. I think there were 8 (or 12 or 16?) total ramdisks available, of only 2-4 MB each, configurable with LILO boot options.
That's now ... mostly taking up valuable storage in my own brain for no useful effect.