On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 05:03 AM, Bailey wrote: > I'd think a ram disk would take up precious ram that you want to test. > When I test I start up with a minimal system to keep as much ram > available for testing, then wait for it to do it's thing. It can take a > while. There's no such thing as a free lunch... > > -Ford > > On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 02:27 AM, Eric J. Leopold wrote: > >> Currently I'm testing ram in Ramometer. As the ram size grows the >> speed >> of a Ramometer iteration slows. Then I wondered why not create a ram >> disk and put Ramometer there? Well fans it works with the time for a >> pass cut in half. To make a ram disk, go to the memory control panel >> and select ram disk and adjust the size. On reboot, you'll have a ram >> disk on the desktop ready for Ramometer. This is nothing new I'm sure >> as ram disks have been discussed but not this use. >> Eric > >
When I first thought of this trick, I had the same thoughts as you. I thought on the surface this can't work and I debated posting less the whole list jump on me. But apparently it works. HOWEVER upon testing in the daylight with more ram (4x128MB) the differences between Ramometer in a ram disk and normal operation is about the same. There is no giant speed difference as noted previously. I'll bow to those with better understanding of hardware structure and SW operation to discuss this. Eric Don't trust readings at 1:30AM -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
