Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Excellent! I was about to compose a question regarding dumping the > system folder to a ram-disk (RamBunctious rather than the Memory CP) and > how this effects the boot sequence in the Mac. > > Works well on other platforms (floppy or restart required). > > How much testing did you do? Only 10 to 30 times faster? :)
I just ran the "Time Drive" application a couple of times. I think it's a pretty old application (it came with a LaCie 170MB portable SCSI drive I have) and I don't know how much overhead the program itself has... I'm guessing it wasn't designed for testing RAM! I was pretty surprised that it only tested 10-30 times faster than the 7200 RPM (cache? I don't know how much) on the internal bus. The program tested different things, like latency and continuous writes and reads. A while ago I wrote: > >Last night, for grins, I made as big a RAM disk as my 7300 could-- > >which turned out to be about 30M-- and put a system folder with the > >9.1 Finder and System. I booted it, and ran something called "Time > >Drive," I think it came with Silverlining. The RAM disk tested as > >being between 10 and 30 times faster than the real drives. -- Dana [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
