Guest moon Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 Nice cartoon, boris. That your work ? Sorry guys. Carry on. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 Have you reset the size of z in the registryFound the problem...........I had to set it to "emulate a local hard disc" Ive now got 30mb and it works.......!Whoo wee.....! the pages fly on.......Ive also done a reboot ,and log on , just to see what happens ,when I loose my temp internet files on shutdown, and there is no difference .........But then I always use a tracks erasor on shutdown anyway which clears out my history....Impressed.....Bloody good post ....Boris.....nice one...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 Oh I really hate this because I just know I must be doing something really stupid. :( I put that line in my config.sys file.....(btw there was no Himem.sys line!) When I rebooted I got this message RAMDRIVE extended memory manager not present. :( :( :( This is everything that is in my Config.sys filedevice=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,,1)Rem TShoot: Country=044,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sysdevice=c:\windows\ramdrive.sys 12288 /E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 If youve got XP ,you dont need to monkey with regedit or config sys files. just follow Boris's instructions for AR 's download......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 I had to go back to W98SE due to a rather naughty chipset that wouldn't play ball with XP. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 pity ....ah well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 Oh I really hate this because I just know I must be doing something really stupid. :( I put that line in my config.sys file.....(btw there was no Himem.sys line!) When I rebooted I got this message RAMDRIVE extended memory manager not present. :( :( :( This is everything that is in my Config.sys filedevice=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,,1)Rem TShoot: Country=044,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sysdevice=c:\windows\ramdrive.sys 12288 /E NelI think you need to add the himem.sys line (if its not there) for it to work.DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYSSee the second ? post in this thread.Staying logged in - but I have to "disappear" for 1/2 hour - c u about 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 I'll have a go after the party Boris....... just incase I mess up and can't get back on line. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 The ramdrive.sys device driver must be loaded by a DEVICE= or DEVICEHIGH=command in your config.sys file. The config.sys must have a line like this :-This gives ALL the parameters - some in red you can leave out DEVICE=[drive:][path]RAMDRIVE.SYS [DiskSize SectorSize NumEntries ] [/E | /A] Parameters [drive:][path] Specifies the location of the RAMDRIVE.SYS file. DiskSize Specifies how many kb of memory you want to use for the RAM drive. For example, to create a 640K RAM drive, specify 640. If you don't specify an amount, RAMDrive will create a 64K RAM drive. You can specify a value from 4 to 32767. However, you can't specify more memory than your system has available. SectorSize Specifies the disk sector size in bytes. The size can be 128, 256, or 512 bytes. (If you include a SectorSize value, you must also include a value for DiskSize.) Generally, you should use the default sector size of 512 bytes. NumEntries Limits the number of files and directories you can create in the RAM drive's root directory. The limit can be from 2 to 1024 entries; the limit you specify is rounded up to the nearest sector size boundary. If you do not specify a limit, you can create up to 64 entries in the RAM drive's root directory. (If you include a value for NumEntries, you must also include values for DiskSize and SectorSize.). If there is not enough memory to create the RAM drive as specified, RAMDrive will try to create it with a limit of 16 directory entries. This may result in a RAM drive with a different limit from the one you specified. Switches /E Creates the RAM drive in extended memory. For RAMDrive to use extended memory, your system must be configured so that it provides extended memory, and a DEVICE command for the extended-memory manager (such as HIMEM.SYS) must appear in your CONFIG.SYS file before the DEVICE command for RAMDRIVE.SYS. In general, it is best to create a RAM drive in extended memory if your system has extended memory. /A Creates the RAM drive in expanded memory. For RAMDrive to use expanded memory, your system must be configured so that it provides expanded memory, and the DEVICE command for the expanded-memory manager (such as EMM386, 386MAX, CEMM, or QEMM) must appear in your CONFIG.SYS file before DEVICE command for RAMDRIVE.SYS.Preceding the ramdrive.sys there must be a himem.sys lineSo Nel - Suppose you want to allocate 12288k i.e. 12MB of extended memory to RAMDRIVE.SYSand create a RAM drive that has 512-byte sectors and a limit of 1024 entriesin its root directory (the maximum)Your particular config.sys entries should be in this order.Device=c:\windows\himem.sysDevice(or Devicehigh)=c:\windows\ramdrive.sys 12288 512 1024 /EDevice=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,,1)Country=044,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sysRem TShoot: Also make sure that himem.sys and ramdrive.sys are actually in C:\Windows ?Hope this is clear enough ? - just found hard copy of my old notes and trying to "simplify" them :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 what happens with your I/cache when its full does it just overwrite files in the ramdrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 what happens with your I/cache when its full does it just overwrite files in the ramdrive.Never actually filled one as far as I noticed - so yes.I think its like Homer's brain - when you take in 2 more new facts - 2 old ones go out the back ? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 Hope this is clear enough ? - just found hard copy of my old notes and trying to "simplify" them Yes Boris it is great........ you edited your post though!!! Did I detect the latest was typed through gritted teeth??? :) :D I have decided to give the Ram Drive a miss..... at least on my system as it is now. I did what you said and when I re-booted I got this scarey message;While initializing device IOSError: Real mode system memory allocation failed.Eeeek!!! that's it......everything stuck there!! Luckily I could boot into safe mode and edit the config.sys file back to the way it was.Ho hum........ think I'll go back to my Paint Shop Pro tutorials :) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 ok with 768 ram installed could I set it to 68mb with no probs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 ellasWith XP + AR Ramdisk - OKAsk madboy ? - he's got a 100 meg ramdisk - don't know how much RAM he has installed in total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted July 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 well i have a ram disk that says a max of 511MBObviously i cant use all that. However, i have set it to (at the moment) 99MB with no problemsJust wanted to see if it would set to that and has, although it has taken up about 10mb max and thats with about 7 hours of use on the computer, with my boy messing about on the net etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 not sure if its any faster but I'm on 1m b/b,what happens if you d/load 300mb files like I often do,do they go to a different folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted July 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 ellasIf you set the files to go to Temp files then no it would not work downloading to Ram DiskI have set my Temp internet files to Z drive (ram disc) and it flies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 no I d/load to my documents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 Ive done the same as Madboy.....its like having a new machine again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 heres a pic,see it uses FAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 did get one error about ramdisc in event viewerThe System Restore filter encountered the unexpected error '0xC0000010' while processing the file 'Temporary Internet Files' on the volume 'Ramdisk'. It has stopped monitoring the volume Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Welcome all guests from the pit... .You can register if you want too..... ............to see all the posts in the other topics Click here to return to the pit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Nice one Tankus!! :) Yes Pit Peeps......... do come and play for a while :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 Something has cropped up on my PC which has caused me to delete my ram drive...As fast as it is .... I cannot get my drive to work and my system restore ....As restore has saved my but a few times on something Ive done or deleted incorrectly out of ignorance ,Ive decided that its not worth the risk to run without it ......So my temp files are back on my hard drive .....I think the problem with the restore is that on system shut down the temp files get deleted , so there is nothing left to go into te restore .....I could be wrong .....Unless anybody has a suggestion (Boris) how to get both to run at the same time ...its off ....Fast while it lasted ....ah well...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 I cannot get my drive to work and my system restore ....Unless anybody has a suggestion (Boris) how to get both to run at the same time ...its off What's System Restore ? :D As a non-XP user - no idea !Ask me again in a couple of years ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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