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Subject: Re: RRD Next release?
Message-ID: <7415@cup.portal.com>
Date: 16 Jul 88 23:27:32 GMT
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In article: <1194@raybed2.UUCP> Lance Holmes writes:
>I read in the May issue of Amiga world that the recoverable Ram disk
>which is planned for the next release of the O. S. will be simular to
>the ASDG RRD.  Does this mean that it will be of a fixed length that is
>defined in the mountlist or will it be a virtual ram disk simular to 
>VDK. 

>I'd also like to hear some pro's or con's with respect to the two different
>techniques.  Personally I like the virtual method better. 

It is like ASDG's, it uses a fixed number of tracks (As of yet I can't get 
it to make a disk bigger than 80 tracks.  It comes back with "handler not
found" when I do).  In this case it's nic,e because KS1.3 allows you to
boot Workbench from it, so it has to be the same as any other amigados
disk (except for the highest track).

personally I like the ASDG method of pre-allocating the maximum size of the
disk.  Nothing more annoying than having you RRD chew up all your ram,
and sometimes MORE than you have, because you weren't keeping a close enough
eye on how much free RAM you have.  I don't mind it for smaller or temporary
storage, but for heavy use like VD0: and CARD: (I killed my ASDG entry and
renamed CARD: to VD0:) I'd definately prefer pre-allocating as opposed to v
virtually allocating it on the fly.

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