vanderbi@husc4.HARVARD.EDU (David Vanderbilt) (06/05/89)
Can someone point me to a public domain or shareware version of software to set up a RAM disk in the extended memory portion of RAM on an AT machine? (The only one I could find in the SIMTEL-20 archives is LESDISK (msdos.sysutl), but its poorly documented, and I can't get it to work on my machine.)
simcha@kurz-ai.UUCP (Simcha Lerner) (06/06/89)
In article <2002@husc6.harvard.edu> vanderbi@husc4.UUCP (David Vanderbilt) writes: >Can someone point me to a public domain or shareware version of >software to set up a RAM disk in the extended memory portion of >RAM on an AT machine? (The only one I could find in the >SIMTEL-20 archives is LESDISK (msdos.sysutl), but its poorly >documented, and I can't get it to work on my machine.) Is there anything wrong with the VDISK.SYS (or RAMDISK.SYS on some clones) that comes with DOS? If you make use of the /E option, it will very happily make use of extended memory. -- Simcha Lerner Kurzweil Applied Intelligence PLEASE NOTE ADDRESS: NO RETURN MAIL VIA bbn PLEASE UUCP address: kurz-ai!simcha@talcott.harvard.edu or: ...{uunet,rutgers,ames}!harvard!talcott!kurz-ai!simcha
leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) (06/08/89)
In article <2002@husc6.harvard.edu> vanderbi@husc4.UUCP (David Vanderbilt) writes:
<Can someone point me to a public domain or shareware version of
<software to set up a RAM disk in the extended memory portion of
<RAM on an AT machine? (The only one I could find in the
<SIMTEL-20 archives is LESDISK (msdos.sysutl), but its poorly
<documented, and I can't get it to work on my machine.)
Most recent versions of MSDOS include VDISK.SYS. It will create a
ramdisk in extended memory instead of normal memory if you put a
/E on the end of the command.
Example:
DEVICE=VDISK.SYS 512 /E
will create a 512k ramdisk in extended memory.
Check your DOS manual for details.
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Let's start with typewriters." -- Solomon Shortphilba@microsoft.UUCP (Phil Barrett) (06/15/89)
In article <1446@bucket.UUCP> leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) writes: >Most recent versions of MSDOS include VDISK.SYS. It will create a >ramdisk in extended memory instead of normal memory if you put a >/E on the end of the command. > >Example: >DEVICE=VDISK.SYS 512 /E >will create a 512k ramdisk in extended memory. Small correction: PC-DOS contains VDISK, some versions of MS-DOS from various HW manufacturers (such as Compaq) also ship a VDISK. However, MS-DOS contains a program called RAMDrive.sys that performs the same function. Perhaps a better use of extended memory for many users is the disk cacher SMARTDRV.SYS that ships with MS-DOS. consult your local DOS reference for details. Of course, the above opinions are mine and not those of Microsoft. MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft. PC-DOS is a registered trademark of IBM. Phil Barrett