crypto:chia:cli:plot:plot_with_a_ramdisk
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Crypto - Chia - CLI - Plot - Plot with a ramdisk
NOTE: This requires at least 256GB of RAM available.
Create a Ramdisk
mkdir /mnt/ramdisk mount -t tmpfs -o rw,size=240G tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk
NOTE: This mounts a ramdisk with 240GB under the path /mnt/ramdisk.
- -t tmpfs:
- tmpfs only uses memory when you it contains files.
- When it is empty, it will take almost no space in RAM.
See: https://manpages.debian.org/buster/initscripts/tmpfs.5.en.html
Verify the Ramdisk
Verify that the RAMDISK has been created.
df -h
Mount the Ramdisk automatically on system boot
Edit /etc/fstab, and add the following line to the the end of the file.
- /etc/fstab
tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk tmpfs rw,size=240G 0 0
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