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On 6 Mar 2004 07:05:04 -0800 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, cbramix AT libero DOT it
(Carlo) wrote:

>Hello everyone,
>many of us know that a ram drive could improve a lot the compiler
>speed.
>Unfortunately, I don't think there is a ram drive like we really need.
>At least, I didn't found a device driver with the specs I'm going to
>describe.
>In my opinion it would be better that ram drive use memory only when
>it's required.
>At the moment, all existing ramdrives allocate the memory and then his
>usage is reserved.
>But what about using only the exact memory required for storing files?
>When files are deleted, that memory could be released, so our programs
>can use it.
>This remember me the RAM: disk in the Amiga systems, in other words, a
>"dynamic" ram disk.
>I haven't found something with this feature in the net, no SYSs, no
>VXDs, no WDMs.
>But I think it would be great to have that, it could stay installed
>for ever in our systems, because it doesn't use memory until we copy
>something into it.
>As I wrote before, I didn't found such drivers,... maybe you know if
>there is something similar hidden somewhere...
>Because I believe it's really possible to make that.

Decent file caching has almost totally replaced the need for
ramdrives, but see:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/257/4/05.ASP
http://home.tiscali.be/ir006712/RAMDisk/RAMDisk.htm
http://www.ppsoft.dk/Ramdisk_Eng.htm
http://lists.gpick.com/pages/RAM_Disks.htm
or google for "RAMdisk Windows"

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