[02:00] <damian> Anyone know where I can get the command "mdconfig"? It is common on FreeBSD, but I can't seem to find a package that provides it.
[02:01] <damian> actually, I might be able to find it in synaptic
[02:04] <damian> ok, I tried a search for md in synaptic, mdadm seemed like it might be right, but I kinda doubt it.
[02:06] <damian> mdadm wasn't helpful, anyone got ideas for me?
[02:07] <damian> I would like to avoid compiling anything because the only thing I've compiled was LAMP under my dads guidance, everything else I've tried has thrown errors.
[02:18] <damian> I'll see if #linuxhelp can tell me anything
[03:21] <tonyyarusso> damian: what does it *do*?
[03:22] <damian> Creates a memdisk (similar to mounting a folder as tmpfs) and lets you manipulate it as if it were a real device (like a harddrive)
[03:23] <tonyyarusso> Okay, something like that is obviously at the kernel level, so BSD utilities aren't going to work on Linux.
[03:23] <damian> I found a bit of help in #linuxhelp, I made a 300MiB file using "dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/test.disk bs=300M count=1" where /tmp is mounted as tmpfs
[03:23] <damian> then did "losetup /dev/loop0 /tmp/test.disk"
[03:23] <damian> giving me something very similar to what I wanted
[03:24] <tonyyarusso> There are plenty of ramdisk tutorials for Linux via google.
[03:24] <damian> but it doesn't appear to work with gparted
[03:24] <damian> I got the idea to use mdconfig from my dad, so I didn't really think about other options right off :/
[03:25] <tonyyarusso> Yeah, gparted isn't going to do this.  You'll need to work on the command line.
[03:29] <damian> Actually Disk Utility shows it, is able to format it, and mount it
[03:30] <damian> I formatted it as a FAT16 partition named "potato"
[03:50] <damian> I got disconnected from our home network for some reason, I'm on my phone now