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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: 10.9 - disabling memory compression
Date: 19 Apr 2014 17:27:00 GMT
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On 2014-04-18, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2014.04.17, 19:59 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2014-04-17, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>
>>> either an app called RamDisk (from "Un cadavre exquis"[1]) which
>>> "protects" it - won't allow eject unless done via the app. But sometimes
>>> it refuses to start correctly - (a couple times since Mavericks) - so
>>> then I use a command line to set one up:
>>>
>>> diskutil erasevolume HFS+ 'RamDisk' `hdiutil attach -nomount ram://20000000`
>>>
>>> But that one can be ejected easily so you can lose the contents in a
>>> jiffy if you're careless in the finder sidebar.
>>>
>>> [1] Yes - that means what you think it means.
>>
>> Cool, thanks. I've created them in the past from the command line.
>
> Oops - the app RamDisk does not protect from eject - but it does 
> immediately remount the drive with the same name if you do eject it.

Good to know. Thanks.

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