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In article <DKB.90Mar16143956@anquetil.cs.brown.edu> dkb@cs.brown.edu (Dilip Barman) writes:
>Really?  How can you define an OS/2 VDISK?  And why would you want to -
>wouldn't it slow down the machine due to less paging memory available?


The VDISK.SYS driver is included in the standard release of OS/2. It works
just like DOS.

Why would you want it? The same reason that you would use a VDISK under DOS:
Its faster. 

Many programs (like compilers, etc) create temporary files on a disk. If this
disk was a RAM disk, the access time becomes very fast. 

You need to be careful in choosing the size of a VDISK, especially on a 
small memory machine. If you have a 2 meg machine, setting up a .5 meg VDISK
would be a very bad idea, since you are leaving very little memory left for
applications to run in. I have a 13 meg machine, with a 1 meg RAM drive,
and it proves to be a very good thing.

Of course, you would be losing the battle if you create a VDISK, and then
make it your swap device!