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>On 6 Mar 96 16:40:49 CST, milleret@falcon.cc.ukans.edu (Andy Milleret) wrote:
>
>>>}>: My CD is on D:
>>>}>: RAMDRIVE wants to go to D:
>>>}>: I want it to go to E:
>>
>>}>You need to create a small D: ramdrive and then your E:
>>}>ramdrive.  As far as I know RAMDRIVE does not allow you
>>}>to specify a parameter for the drive letter.

I tried this basic idea of loading RAMDRIVE twice and it does
create both D: and E: but would the RAM memory allocated to
that small D: drive will be tied up and lost when/if the CD
claims the letter D: for itself?

>>hm.. are you saying I create the D: ramdrive BEFORE the CD gets assigned
>>to D: so it gets overwritten? if that works, why doesn't it know the
>>CD is there and jump to E: by itself???
>>thabks much
>>
>I am having this same problem.  I don't know how to solve it either.  If I
>could load ramdrive later (such as in a small batch file called from the
>autoexec, that would be fine also.)  I don't believe that a cd driver will
>"overwrite" the ramdrive, so if anyone has a solution that works, I would love
>to hear it.

Well, how about trying it and letting us know ...

ftp ftp.coast.net /SimTel/msdos/sysutil/
comp.zip      B    5086  880829  Load and unload device drivers after bootup
devic104.zip  B    7250  920530  Load and unload device drivers after bootup
devlod.zip    B   18240  911230  Dynamic load of device drivers after boot-up
dmc35.zip     B   74710  931129  Allows loading/unloading of dev. drivers/TSR's
drvins11.zip  B   12298  901206  Load and unload device drivers after bootup
idrv01.zip    B   16369  920410  Install/uninstall device drivers after bootup

Otherwise, create a dummy drive D: in config.sys before ramdrive.sys
so that the ramdrive must then become E: and with any luck the CD will
then cleanly take over and appropriate the letter D:

ftp ftp.coast.net /SimTel/msdos/diskutil/
notready.zip  1505  940930  Dummy disk device driver for never ready drive
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John Savage               koala@sydney.dialix.com.au