diff --git a/src/etc/etc.alpha/MAKEDEV b/src/etc/etc.alpha/MAKEDEV
index 816254cd..bf2dfd95 100644
--- a/src/etc/etc.alpha/MAKEDEV
+++ b/src/etc/etc.alpha/MAKEDEV
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
-#	$OpenBSD: MAKEDEV,v 1.14 1997/05/06 19:49:56 niklas Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: MAKEDEV,v 1.15 1997/05/07 12:52:22 niklas Exp $
 #	$NetBSD: MAKEDEV,v 1.8.4.1 1996/06/18 00:41:56 cgd Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ all)
 	sh MAKEDEV local
 	;;
 
+raminst)
+	sh MAKEDEV std
+	sh MAKEDEV sd0 sd1 sd2 sd3 sd4 st0 st1 cd0 cd1
+	sh MAKEDEV rd0
+	sh MAKEDEV ttyB0 ttyB1 ttyC0 ttyC1 ttyE0 ttyE1 pty0
+	;;
+
 std)
 	rm -f console drum mem kmem null zero io tty klog stdin stdout stderr
 	mknod console		c 0 0
@@ -117,9 +124,10 @@ fd)
 	chmod 666 fd/*
 	;;
 
-sd*|vnd*|ccd*)
+sd*|vnd*|ccd*|rd*)
 	umask 2 ; unit=`expr $i : '.*d\(.*\)'`
 	case $i in
+	rd*)	name=rd;	blk=6; chr=28;;
 	sd*)	name=sd;	blk=8; chr=8;;
 	vnd*)	name=vnd;	blk=9; chr=9;;
 	ccd*)	name=ccd;	blk=7; chr=27;;
diff --git a/src/etc/etc.alpha/disktab b/src/etc/etc.alpha/disktab
index 0e8c9f25..b022f80c 100644
--- a/src/etc/etc.alpha/disktab
+++ b/src/etc/etc.alpha/disktab
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: disktab,v 1.4 1997/05/03 00:39:48 graichen Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: disktab,v 1.5 1997/05/07 12:52:22 niklas Exp $
 #	$NetBSD: disktab,v 1.2 1995/10/13 03:09:39 cgd Exp $
 
 # A DEC RZ25, configured so that all of the free partition IDs are at
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ rz25|RZ25|DEC RZ25 SCSI:\
 	:pc#823608:oc#0:\
 	:pd#600408:od#223200:bd#8192:fd#1024:td=4.2BSD:
 
+rdroot:\
+	:ty=ramdisk:se#512:nt#2:rm#300:ns#5:nc#1024:\
+	:pa#5120:oa#0:ta=4.2BSD:ba#4096:fa#512: \
+	:pc#5120:oc#0:
+
 simpleroot:\
 	:ty=winchester:\
 	:dt=SCSI:\