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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: VDISK.SYS in one specific DOS Windows
- Message-ID: <1992Sep5.152757.18199@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <92246.095542BRYAN@wvnvm.wvnet.edu> <1992Sep3.104421.23732@ugle.unit.no> <92248.170013GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 15:27:57 GMT
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- In article <92248.170013GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Jim Gerlach <GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
- >After posting my original question, and trying all suggestions, I was unable
- >to create a RAM disk for an individual DOS session. RAMDRIVE.SYS (PC-DOS 5.0)
- >does NOT work (error msg saying block device drivers not supported).
- >The reason I wanted to created a RAM disk in a virtual DOS session was to
- >speed-up some programs that do not use EMS or XMS memory. These programs
- >will use a RAM disk instead of paging data to the hard disk. Since I have
- >8-Mbof RAM I wanted to devote some of this to speeding up these programs
- >but did not want to allocate the RAM on a permanent basis. I am still
- >hoping to find a solution. Any suggestions?
-
- A specific DOS session should work. See Appendix E of your
- Installation Guide and/or the online Command Reference (under VMDISK)
- for information.
-
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