X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f X-Trace-PostClient-IP: 68.147.131.211 From: Brian Inglis Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Ramdrive for developers (not only...) Organization: Systematic Software Message-ID: <6q6l405097kbr054pqcm1fsr8tr6n566b1@4ax.com> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 40 Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 03:53:07 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.71.223.147 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT shaw DOT ca X-Trace: pd7tw2no 1078631587 24.71.223.147 (Sat, 06 Mar 2004 20:53:07 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 20:53:07 MST To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com 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" -- Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada Brian DOT Inglis AT CSi DOT com (Brian dot Inglis at SystematicSw dot ab dot ca) fake address use address above to reply