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How large can a RAM disk be?
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bunge
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Jan 19, 2001, 03:15 PM
 
Is it a percentage of RAM, or is there just a maximum size? Is there a third party software that allows for larger RAM disks than the Mac OS? I currently have 512 MB RAM, but the largest RAM disk I can create is about 256 MB.
     
Misha
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Jan 19, 2001, 04:09 PM
 
The RAM Disk can only be as large as your largest RAM module, I assume (I have 4x256 MB modules and can only get a 256 MB RAM Disk).
     
bunge  (op)
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Jan 19, 2001, 07:13 PM
 
I'm not sure about that because I have one 512 MB Dimm and I'm still stuck with a RAM Disk around 256 MB.

Is there a third party solution?
     
 
   
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