From: eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
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Subject: Re: rhide compile..
Date: 25 Feb 2000 13:40:40 GMT
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Prashant TR (prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com) wrote:
: > >how do  I configure a ramdrive....in autoexec.bat
: > >to speed up compiling in DOS......??
: >
: > If you don't know how to set up a RAM drive,
: > just set up a large disk cache with smartdrv.

: Put this line in CONFIG.SYS.

: DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\RAMDRIVE.SYS 16384 512 64 /E

: This installs a 16384K (16M) RAMDrive. Change this number as
: required.

Except that I advice against a ramdrive bigger than 8MiB using
Microsnoft's implementation if you are using WINDOZE 4.0 or 4.1
(i. e. 95 or 98) as LFN stops working at too big a size.


Shostakovich, Symphony 5,

							MartinS