Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 10:56:02 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "I am me ...the 1st" <iammei AT xcalibur DOT iinc DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: What am i doing wrong?
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On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, I am me ...the 1st wrote:

> I set up an 8 meg ram drive so that djgpp would compile faster.  I 
> pointed tmpdir to my ramdrive in the .env file.  My problem is is that 
> the ram drive doesn't seem to be used.  Djgpp compiles just as slow  
> as with out a ram drive and it accesses the hard drive when i compile.

Did you also install a disk cache (such as SmartDrv)?  If not, you
won't see any significant speedup due to RAMDrive alone.

If you do have a disk cache installed, please post your configuration
details (CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, DJGPP.ENV and the output of the
command SET when typed from the DOS prompt.

Btw, it's best to not edit DJGPP.ENV, but set the overriding value of
TMPDIR from DOS.  DJGPP.ENV defines TMPDIR with a `+' sign, which
means that the value in the environment overrides the value in the
file.  Many people were burned by editing their DJGPP.ENV without
fully understanding its syntax.