Subj : Re: Flash-Ram
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Sniper
Date : Thu Oct 20 2005 02:47:00

-=> ROB MCCART wrote to TEGULARIUS <=-

 TE>Prior to Windows ME ("Mistaken Edition") and XP, I've always used a RAM
disk
  >and
  >really miss it on the latest Win versions (and on Linux).  Never again will
I

  >install a new hard drive without partitioning it into at least two drive
  >letters, so one of them is free for such purposes.  Navigating among
numerous

  >subdirectories of a single drive letter gets more cumbersome with every
  >passing year.

 RM> Don't ask for Too many details because I don't use XP but I understand
 RM> it does support "Drive Mapping" which is similar to the old SUBST
 RM> command in Dos, which still works well even up to Win98SE.
 RM> Basically it allows you to rename a directory path as a drive letter.
 RM> i.e..  Using SUBST I rename my C:\GRAPHICS\PICTURES directory to P:
 RM> and C:\TEMP to another letter to simplify copying files to and from
 RM> them.

Actually, that's not completely correct... the new capability is to map a
drive as a directory on the primary drive.  Example, you have a C: and D:,
but instead, you map D: drive as the c:\files directory.  It looks like
you have just a c: drive, but c:\files shows a different size.  They say
that this is new technology... I say bull, as its been in *nix
forever.  :)

Also for discussion sake, Subst is still in XP.  Why?  I have no idea, but
if you type subst at a command prompt, it'll talk to ya.  :)



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