Mac OS: Cannot Disable RAM Disk

I am trying to disable a RAM disk in the Memory control panel but the On/Off radio buttons are dimmed.
You can not turn off a RAM Disk when File Sharing is enabled because the disk is shared. Your Memory control panel will show the On/Off selection grayed out as shown below in Figure 1. Follow these steps to discard/disable your RAM disk:


Figure 1: Memory control panel.

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Published Date: Feb 20, 2012