At 06:12 AM 3/5/02 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following:

>         When I boot in DOS, I can create a RAMdrive
>which I use as a  "scratchpad".   I also would like to
>create a RAMdrive when I boot in WIN95.
>Can this be done and if so, how?

In a Win95/98 environment, RAM drives are seldom used because Windows uses 
all available memory. Reducing the amount of available RAM by making a RAM 
drive will mean that a swap file will be required sooner.

However, if you want to use one, then you must load ramdrive.sys in the 
config.sys file.

Example config.sys
Device=c:\Windows\Himem.sys
Device=c:\Windows\Emm386.exe NoEms
Dos=High,UMB
DeviceHigh=c:\Windows\RamDrive.sys 32767 /E

This creates a 32Mb ramdrive in extended memory. The size of the RAM drive 
in is Kb. Valid values for are from 4 to 32767 or amount of memory 
available, whichever is less. (Default is 64).

The /E switch creates the RAM drive in extended memory. For RAMDrive's to 
use extended memory, the system must be configured so that it provides 
extended memory via the Himem.sys device driver.


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Gerry Boyd
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