Re: Temporary swapfile

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From: Chris Kinsman
Date: Wed, 08 May 1991 22:58

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In article <281F85C7.76B0@ibma0.cs.uiuc.edu> estsai@sunc4.cs.uiuc.edu (Earl E. Tsai) writes:
>I like the idea of temporary swapfile because my computer does not
>have a HUGE hard disk.  So the swap area can be reclaimed when not in
>window.  However, WIN3 always create the swapfile (WIN386.SWP)
>on the C: drive which is the least-space-available drive.  Is there
>any way to force it to another drive ?  I tried to change the swapdisk=
>in win.ini and does not work.
>
>Thanks
>
>Earl Tsai
>estsai@cs.uiuc.edu

In the [386Enh] section of system.ini add pagingdrive=D: or whatever drive
you would like.

Chris


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