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From: fenster%huha.Huji.AC.IL@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Yaacov Fenster)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: RAMDRIVER
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Date: 6 Jun 88 09:42:49 GMT
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Somebody (Whom i'm sorry to say i deleted his message) asked with regard to the

so here is some information:

Installing it:
$ mc sysgen
sysgen> load ramdriver        ! After having linked it into sys$system
sysgen> connect rma0/driver=ramdriver/noada    ! Could be something other than rma0
sysgen> ^Z

Now it is time to look in sys$update:stabackit.com which contains a small macro
of SETSIZE (SEARCH SETSIZE file_name) which is used to size the Dec PsuedoDisk.
Modify it to run on your new device and run.
From here on it is a simple matter of init, mount
A few notes:
    a) It is possible to have both this disk and PDA0 online at the same time.
    b) Before using this disk (Or PDA0) be sure to enlarge your Non-paged dynamic m
    c) To reclaim the memory resize to 0.
    d) Don't know about bug-free but it seems virus free.
Ack. and thanks to the author of RAMDRIVER, and whoever it was who wrote the rel
article in Vax-Pro.

    Yaacov
P.S. I would like to see some discussion of the pro-con of using such a device (

Cc: