Hi
22 Feb 2001, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SH> OK, I found it in the directory C:\WINDOWS. In the Windows "Help" I
SH> could find nothing about ramdisks, ramdrive.sys, or virtual disks. I
SH> found Windows "Help" most unhelpful, as usual. So I don't have any
SH> notion as to how I might use ramdrive.sys to set up a virtual disk
SH> with a machine having DOS 7.0 and Windows 95 installed.
I haven't used it either ...
but I would be VERY surprised if device=ramdrive.sys 4096
would NOT create a 4 MB ramdisk ...
But as I already said it would be better to go for a free alternative like
xmsdsk. (or others)
>> XMSDSK can do that ...
>> BUT only outside of windows.
SH> Is this because Windoze requires having available certain extended
SH> memory addresses which would conflict with those wanting to be used
SH> by the virtual drive?
no ... because of necessary virtualization.
(DOS Programs think that they are alone on the computer, which is not true
any more, so windows or any other dos emulator needs to virtualize the
environment ... )
SH> BTW, where can I get XMSDSK? I've looked for it with several search
SH> engines but haven't found it yet.
for example at:
http://jason-n3xt.org/dos/DOWNLOAD.HTM
SH> Is it freeware, shareware, or payware?
freeware but NOT under GPL IMHO
SH> Sam
CU, Ricsi
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