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From: dac@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au (Andrew Clayton)
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Subject: Re: ramdrive repacking
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Date: 6 Feb 91 10:47:08 GMT
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In article <88002@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, deron meranda writes:

> Does anyone know about any programs which can "repack" a ramdrive?

I believe that you can just do a request for a huge amount of memory
(something insane, like 4Gigabytes), and that will force the OS to clean up
the fragmented memory list, trying to give back a contiguous chunk of
memory. Make the routine not return an error (especially a guru!), and that
should do it.

I've heard of this program existing, but I've never seen it. I don't know if
the method will work either, but it sounds plausible.

Dac
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