Hi,
First, if you load the driver in the FDCONFIG.SYS you need to provide the full
path to the driver. If you remove the line you have added to that file, then
you can simply add this to the end of the FDAUTO.BAT or even create a separate
batch file to only start the RAM disk when needed.
( assuming a separate file like MYRAMDRV.BAT )
@echo off
devload srdxms.sys E:
srdisk 8M
Although, you could make it a little smarter by using an environment variable
that points to the drive like so…
@echo off
if not “%RAMDRV%” == “” goto Present
SET RAMDRV=E:
devload srdxms.sys %RAMDRV%
srdisk 8M
if errorlevel 1 goto Failed
echo RAM Drive %RAMDRV% created
goto Done
:Failed
echo Could not create RAM Drive
set RAMDRV=
goto Done
:Present
echo RAM Drive present as drive %RAMDRV%
:Done
Then you can always test the %RAMDRV% variable to see if it exists and what
drive it resides (incase you need to change it).
Thats about all there is to it. Of course, there are different options for
SRDISK to make the drive much bigger and reserve space for programs.
However, all of that assumes SRDISK works on your system. Otherwise, you may
need to try one of the other RAM disk drivers like SHSURDRV.
:-)
Jerome
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