home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!ericom!exucom.exu.ericsson.se!news
- From: exujlg@exu.ericsson.se (Jon L. Gauthier)
- Subject: Re: RAM disks in DOS sessions
- Message-ID: <exujlg.115.0@exu.ericsson.se>
- Sender: news@exu.ericsson.se
- Nntp-Posting-Host: exupc31.exu.ericsson.se
- Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.
- References: <92206.084129GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:11:16 GMT
- Lines: 35
-
- In article <92206.084129GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Jim Gerlach <GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
- >Date: Friday, 24 Jul 1992 08:41:29 EDT
- >From: Jim Gerlach <GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- >Subject: RAM disks in DOS sessions
-
- >I use a statistics package (Systat and Sygraph) that makes only limited use of
- >EMS memory (1.5 Mb) but will use a RAM disk if available. Is it possible to
- >setup a virtual RAM disk for the full screen DOS session I use to run this
- >app (I have 8 Mb of RAM)?
-
- >Thanx for any help. Jim
-
- >Jim Gerlach - Cancer Research Laboratories
- >James.H.Gerlach@QueensU.CA Queen's University
- >GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (NetNorth/BITNET) Room A309A, Botterell Hall
- >tel (613) 545-6446 Kingston, Ontario
- >fax (613) 545-6830 CANADA K7L 3N6
-
- I had the same question posed to me here at work by someone, so I decided to
- check it out. Tried loading RAMDRIVE.SYS (the version that comes with Win3.
- 1) and got an error message stating, essentially, that block device drivers
- will are not allowed under a DOS virtual session.
-
- Now, what use is a ram drive if it is written as a character device? ;)
- Seriously, can someone enlighten us if it's possible to do this?
-
- Regards,
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Jon L. Gauthier Ericsson Network Systems, Inc
- EXU/IS/TP Systems Programmer P.O. Box 833875
- +1 214 997-0157 Richardson, TX 75083-3875
-
- Disclaimer: "My opinions are my own - my employer would take the 5th on
- everything I say." Surely it's been said before!...
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-