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bootparam.7: Remove crufty text 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-04-24 11:14:32 +02:00
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@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ will clear the counters.
.BR CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM .)
In general it is a bad idea to use a ramdisk under Linux\(emthe
system will use available memory more efficiently itself.
But while booting (or while constructing boot floppies)
But while booting,
it is often useful to load the floppy contents into a
ramdisk.
One might also have a system in which first
@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ Earlier, the memory was allocated statically, and there was
a 'ramdisk=N' parameter to tell its size.
(This could also be set in the kernel image at compile time.)
These days ram disks use the buffer cache, and grow dynamically.
For a lot of information in conjunction with the new ramdisk
For a lot of information on the current ramdisk
setup, see the kernel source file
.IR Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt
.RI ( Documentation/ramdisk.txt