ramdrive is not a disk cache- it is a virtual disk residing in memory. The W98
setup disks use a 2MB ramdrive to have enough space to uncompress files from
the startup floppy.
Tor
N4OGW
-------------- Original message from "Mike Wetzel" <mjwetzel@comcast.net>:
--------------
> I am running "smartdrive" but no disk cache. "Ramdrive" is presently
> commented out in my config.sys.
>
>
> Using Win98 but not using the GUI to run TR in DOS.
>
> Here is my config.sys file:
>
> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
> rem device=c:\dos\ramdrive.sys 2048 512 64 /a
> rem device=c:\windows\ramdrive.sys 2048 512 64 /a
> BUFFERS = 40,0
> DOS=UMB
> rem LASTDRIVE=E
> rem FCBS=4,0
> DOS=HIGH
> STACKS = 18,512
> FILES = 40
> rem SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /E:1024 /p
>
> mem:
> Total Used Free
> Conventional 640K 19K 621K
> Upper 123K 74K 49K
> Reserved 384K 384K 0K
> Extended (XMS) 39,813K 2,333K 37,488K
>
>
> Total under 1M 763K 93K 670K
>
> Largest free upper memory block 36K
>
> MS-DOS is resident in upper memory area.
>
> Ramdrive.exe is in the Windows dir.
>
> I took out the rem on " rem device=c:\windows\ramdrive.sys 2048 512 64 /a"
> but did not see any improvement. Guessing somehow it's not set up correct.
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike W9RE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tree [mailto:tree@kkn.net]
> Sent: February 28, 2009 4:16 PM
> To: Mike Wetzel
> Cc: 'TRLog Reflector'
> Subject: Re: [Trlog] CQ160 and version 6.93
>
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 04:15:06PM -0500, Mike Wetzel wrote:
>
> > Using 6.93 my computer really seems to be a lot slower. After I hit the
> > return to log the call things stand still for a second or so and I am not
> > able to see if the section is there before I type it in. Anyone else
> seeing
> > this slowness or is it just me?
>
> Are you using a disk cache?
>
> Tree
>
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