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→Create a RAM drive: somehow i fucked up the grammar here
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Create a {{iw|wikipedia|RAM drive}}. The value is the amount of 512-byte sectors, so 8388608 * 512 = 4294967296 or 4.0 GiB. | Create a {{iw|wikipedia|RAM drive}}. The value is the amount of 512-byte sectors, so 8388608 * 512 = 4294967296 or 4.0 GiB. | ||
The drive is not pre-formatted, therefore <code>-nomount</code> is required, or else hdiutil will newly-created drive | The drive is not pre-formatted, therefore <code>-nomount</code> is required, or else hdiutil will scan the newly-created drive for partitions, find none because it's completely blank, and cancel attaching. | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
hdiutil attach -nomount ram://8388608 | hdiutil attach -nomount ram://8388608 | ||
