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- From: ashok@biochemistry.cwru.edu (Ashok Aiyar)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: Large RAMDRIVE
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:09:10 GMT
- Organization: CWRU School of Medicine
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- References: <79330@hydra.gatech.EDU>
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- Summary: RAMdrive.sys will create large RAM drives
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- In article <79330@hydra.gatech.EDU> gb8@prism.gatech.EDU (BEEBE,GARY E) writes:
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- >Is there a DOS 5.0 compatible RAMDRIVE equivalent capable of creating ram
- >drives greater than 4M? I have a need for a ram drive that is as large as my
- >system memory (16-64M). Any ideas?
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- The MS-DOS 5.0 manual is incorrect. The version of "ramdrive.sys" distributed
- with DOS 5.0 will create RAM drives larger than 4096 kb (4 MB). A few months
- back, I was using a 12 meg RAM drive created with MS-DOS 5.0 "ramdrive.sys"
-
- Ashok
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- Ashok Aiyar
- Department of Biochemistry
- CWRU School of Medicine
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