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- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 10:25:36 EDT
- From: Jerry Bryan <BRYAN@wvnvm.wvnet.edu>
- Message-ID: <92246.102537BRYAN@wvnvm.wvnet.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Creating a RAM drive from Config.SYS
- References: <1992Sep2.015017.202570@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Lines: 24
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- In article <1992Sep2.015017.202570@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, lbv2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu
- (m.l. gore) says:
- >
- > This sounds silly, but does anyone have one? I recently upped my RAM to 20
- > meg. I prefer a several meg RAM drive for copying, backing up, and
- > especially to download.
- >
- > I skimmed through the RED books, only to become confused with the device
- > driver VDISK, which creates a virtual disk, but the syntax only states
- >
- > DEVICE = {path} {size},{two other switches for storage type}
- >
- > Does this create a RAM drive at the next available drive letter.
- >
-
- VDISK.SYS works fine. Yes, it takes the next available drive letter.
- For example, DEVICE=C:\OS2\VDISK.SYS 4096 128 100 will make a 4-meg
- disk (actually, 4096K, which is the same as 4-meg). It will have 128 byte
- sectors, and will support 100 directory entries. In my case, it makes
- me a D: disk.
-
- The help is fairly good. For example say HELP VDISK from the OS/2
- command line, or else go through the help menus to get to the
- same information.
-