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Toaster · 11-10-2000, 11:11 PM

I see where you are going with this `Boot but I fail to understand how helpful it would be. You still have to copy data to the ram drive on start-up. Otherwise a "bat" file could hand off the task of booting. Micky$oft O/S`s tend to be "temp" aware and may not permit it. Still you may not have enough room on the ram drive. Then the fact of moving data to the ram drive with xcopy32 and then a restart.
What iv`e done in the dos/windows days was...

***batfile**
format d:/s
xcopy c:\*.*/s d:\
set comspec= d:\command.com
set temp=d:\tmp

Something akin to this *may* be adapted to Micky$oft winderz. The remaining option is a battery backed ram drive utilizing physical memory. They are no doubt hard to find but prolly still available. These may only offer slightly better performance then a high end HDD due to bus constraints.

11-10-2000, 11:11 PM	#12
Toaster Member (13 bit) Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Now in Phoenix, AZ. Where next? Only 8 states left to see. Posts: 4,661	I see where you are going with this `Boot but I fail to understand how helpful it would be. You still have to copy data to the ram drive on start-up. Otherwise a "bat" file could hand off the task of booting. Micky$oft O/S`s tend to be "temp" aware and may not permit it. Still you may not have enough room on the ram drive. Then the fact of moving data to the ram drive with xcopy32 and then a restart. What iv`e done in the dos/windows days was... *batfile format d:/s xcopy c:\./s d:\ set comspec= d:\command.com set temp=d:\tmp Something akin to this may be adapted to Micky$oft winderz. The remaining option is a battery backed ram drive utilizing physical memory. They are no doubt hard to find but prolly still available. These may only offer slightly better performance then a high end HDD due to bus constraints. __________________ 2 goldfish were discussing Mythology. The discussion ended when a goldfish replied: "There MUST be a God, who changes the water?"