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Simple Swap file question
Name: JBS Date: March 16, 2006 at 21:44:18 Pacific OS: WFWG 3.11 CPU/Ram: 1.0GB
Comment:
So, for the heck of it, I created an extra partition on my hard drive and have been playing around with WFWG on it. When I boot to DOS/WFWG I use xmsdsk to create a ram drive. DOS recognizes it, Windows File Manager recognizes it, but when I tried to see if I could put my swap file on it, I'm not given the option, and I'm really curious why. Thanks.
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: March 17, 2006 at 01:11:41 Pacific
Reply:
IIRR wfw insists on putting it in the root.
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
M2
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Response Number 2
Name: JBS Date: March 17, 2006 at 08:50:02 Pacific
Reply:
I see. Thank you.
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Response Number 3
Name: ham30 Date: March 17, 2006 at 21:01:11 Pacific
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That's not a good idea anyway. You would be taking away memory that the system could use and making it use the RAM drive, which is much less efficient.
Sorry, I do not check for private messages
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Response Number 4
Name: JBS Date: March 18, 2006 at 18:09:03 Pacific
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I made a post but didn't realize that I wasn't loged in, so if my first post didn't go through, I just said that I have reasons for wanting a swap file on a ram-drive, and that editing system.ini can allow for that.
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Response Number 5
Name: jboy Date: March 19, 2006 at 14:09:18 Pacific
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If your stated specs are accurate, (1Gb) then the swapfile isn't really going to be utilized
"o if my first post didn't go through"
Hit refresh maybe? It's not rocket science
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Response Number 6
Name: JBS Date: March 23, 2006 at 05:55:01 Pacific
Reply:
Wow, that's kind of rude. But anyway, my question has been answered.
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