From:	sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
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Subject:	Ramdrive on W2K [was Re: small solve_symlinks speedup]
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Date:	Thu, 30 Jan 2003 21:12:08 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To:	<3E399FAC.2050104@mif.vu.lt> from "Laurynas Biveinis" at Jan 30, 2003 10:57:00 PM
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> I remember having a ramdrive back in win98 days for /dev/env/DJDIR/tmp .
> It helped a lot, however there was still a notable difference between
> linux and djgpp. Is there any way to create a ramdrive on w2k?

Microsoft actually provides an example ramdrive driver with source on
their web site:

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q257405

I haven't performance tested it.

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