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From: vito@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: copying large files into Ram Disk
Keywords: 1 meg, A500, 686208k file
Message-ID: <5513@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Date: 29 Jul 90 01:39:14 GMT
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Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; CATS
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Shouldn't a 686208K file fit into RAM?

I turn on my 1 meg A500 with a boot disk in it and hit ctrl-d.  Then I try
to copy a 686208K file into ram and only 457344K fits into the RAM DISK before
I get a RAM DISK full message.


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