Subj : How to detect RAM disks (Was: how to detect cdrom?)
To   : Gerald Miller
From : Jasen Betts
Date : Wed Feb 27 2002 06:39 am

From: Jasen.Betts@p42.f531.n640.z3.cereal.mv.com (Jasen Betts)
Subject: How to detect RAM disks (Was: how to detect cdrom?)

Hi Gerald.

25-Feb-02 12:26:08, Gerald Miller wrote to Klaus Meinhard


 GM>       mem /module ramdrive > MEM.OUT

 GM> Can the command: mem /module %module_name not provide the
 GM> information that you are seeking?

you neeed to know the name of ramdrive module...
(it could be vdisk intead of ramdrive etc....)

also  it doesn't tell what drive letter...

 GM> I can type:

      mem /c >> E:\Tmp\MOD_NAME.DAT

 GM> I can get a list of memory modules and with a little creative
 GM> editing, I can get a list of module_names and should be able to
 GM> use the edited list as input to a command:

 GM>       for %%mod in (at e:\tmp\mod_name.dat) do call mem /module %mod

 GM> and I can see all the installed devices with other information...
 GM> which brings me to the following point:

 GM> Can you not take a previously created MOD_NAME.DAT file and use
 GM> it as imput to test for other installed devices?

yeah... but it still won't give the drive letter.
(you need mem /d)
and it also relies on knowing the name of the ramdisk program.

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