Can someone give me the correct line to use in my config.sys to get the max (64 megs) size RamDisk with TDSK2. I can't seem to get it right, it hangs. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Mel

According to the help menu generated by tdsk /? the syntax would be: tdsk 65534 ... however, DOS622 will not recognize more than 64Mb of RAM - perhaps you need to use somewhat less than 64, since the OS requires some memory. 98% of all statistics are made up

Hmmm... Thanks for the response JBoy I'm really new at Dos, I have alot to learn. I didn't know Dos 6.22 would only reconize 64 megs. Perhaps a 48 meg RamDrive, that would leave 16 megs for dos and whatever. Some recomendations here would be great. I've been trying to get Arachne for dos to run for a couple weeks now with no success. I know the RamDrive is not the problem but anything I can eliminate as a potential problem I'm trying to get out of the way. Do you know anything about setting up Arachne (version 1.77) ?? Mel

MSDOS 6.xx has an Utility called Memmaker which is used to configure base memory, you have only 640K to play with and Arachne likes 550K. Lots of info see: http://www.mwpms.uklinux.net/

Never had much to do with Arachne myself - I do use it as an offline browser on some machines, but that doesn't require much in the way of configuration. Of course, you need a hardware modem, not a Winmodem. Not sure why you want such a large ramdrive - sure it will speed up disk intensive operations somewhat, but I don't know if the gains will be all that substantial. DOS itself only uses up to the first Meg of RAM - the (in)famous 640K 'barrier' and the remaining 384K in various ways. Things like the smartdrive disk cache do make use of extended memory (if available), as well as certain applications you might run. Normally, DOS apps just use conventional memory - whatever is left after DOS loads is what's available. Maximizing the amount of free low memory is something of a science (or an art). Refer to the excellent DOS6 Help program. 98% of all statistics are made up

@JBoy Being new to Dos, I have a lot to learn. With 128 megs ram I figured I might as well use it for something. In the Arachne docs it said the TDSK2 disk is faster than the MS RamDisk so I thought 'why not'. I think TDSK requires more parameters than just size. I tried it with a size of 48k but it didn't work, it hangs. It doesn't really matter as I have the MS RamDisk working (32megs). On Arachne, I'll keep fumbling around until I get it. This is something to play around with. Its fun but sometimes flustering since I know so little about how Dos works. Mel

Sure - I'm just wondering what advantage having a large ramdisk provides (or a ramdisk at all). Disk caching via smartdrv will do as much or more for a system - unless you have a specific purpose. I've used xmsdsk - never had a problem, can be run from the command line. There's a version here For a more modern MS-DOS, you might want to try the standalone version from Win98 here As mentioned, the DOS Help program included in DOS622 is an excellent resource - recommended reading 98% of all statistics are made up