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6 Aug 2024 04:18:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: ram disk  
From: Hugo
Date: 18 May 2002 19:05:01
Message: <3ce6de1d@news.povray.org>
>   I don't see any advantage in using a ramdrive because the OS will cache
> the disk I/O anyways. Using a ramdisk will just be a waste of memory.

But not with big files? Or many small files of your choice? That you want to
keep while you're doing something else on the machine? ..I don't know..  :o)
Anyway, I used it for video purpose, and it was the only way to get windows
to play from memory.

You're right of course, that it's usually a waste of memory, since it's
locked from normal use.. Fortunately the dos program allows you to turn the
ramdrive on/off at every startup.

Regards,
Hugo


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