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- From: "robert fielder" <robert.fielder@canrem.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: os/2 ram drive
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.1480.23113@dosgate>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 16:17:51 EST
- Reply-To: "robert fielder" <robert.fielder@canrem.com>
- Distribution: comp
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
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- KT>Has anyone written a RAM drive device for OS/2 2.0? I don't want a
- KT>RAM drive that's accessible only from one particular DOS session/image,
- KT>but something that all software can access.
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- KT>It might sound like a waste of memory, but I've found a small RAM drive
- KT>to save a lot of disk wear'n'tear for testing out new programs and for
- KT>running programs that create/modify temporary files a lot.
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- Kenneth:
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- First, I believe that vdisk.sys is part of OS/2, which is a RAM disk.
- However, I have not checked OS/2 2.0 for this, so I may be wrong.
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- Second, I have 9 megs installed, with a 512k cache. Upping the cache
- to 1.5 Mb increases the initial size of my swap file. Using RAM for
- cache or RAM disk is a real trade off in OS/2 2.0, and may be
- dependant on the number of applications you have active.
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- Robert
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- Entered on Mon 07-27-1992 15:09:39 from Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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