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Re: Auto Ram Disk

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From: Fred Brooks
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 1988 03:36
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> Question about auto sizing ramdisks

Sounds like a good idea. Only problem I can see would be the memory allocate
bug might get you unless you pick fairly big block to expand. Another problem
would be that memory would quickly be choped up into a lot of little blocks
due to the ST's lack of memory compaction.

Fred...

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From: fred@pnet01.cts.com (Fred Brooks)
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Subject: Re: Auto Ram Disk
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Date: 3 Apr 88 03:36:20 GMT
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