Ram disk?
My powerbook is about to be the happy owner of 768 mb ram and besidepreventing too many pageins or -outs or what the hell its called (I know its UNIX-like but beside the "rock solid" phrase I don´t intent to learn any tech-lingo because of that)...eh lost the meaning of this
I´ll start again: How do I make a ram disk in X to host the system or a couple of hours MP3 to speed up my Powerbook or conserve power?
I´ll start again: How do I make a ram disk in X to host the system or a couple of hours MP3 to speed up my Powerbook or conserve power?
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<strong>My powerbook is about to be the happy owner of 768 mb ram and besidepreventing too many pageins or -outs or what the hell its called (I know its UNIX-like but beside the "rock solid" phrase I don´t intent to learn any tech-lingo because of that)...eh lost the meaning of this
I´ll start again: How do I make a ram disk in X to host the system or a couple of hours MP3 to speed up my Powerbook or conserve power?</strong><hr></blockquote>
don't think RAM disks are possible in OS X yet but as for your MP3s. iTunes and most other MP3 players have a "load to RAM" option which saves supposedly 25 percent power.
$10 dollars for a shareware app that'll give me it. That'll tempt you
There's no such tool at least available from the GUI in OS X, which is unfortunate <strong>(it's great for any kind of scratch disk or cache).</strong><hr></blockquote>
Under OS X that need/want should be gone. Everything stays in RAM until you run out of it.
[quote]Originally posted by BuonRotto:
<strong>*nixes have had a similar tool to RAM disks available to them for a long time.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I've used UNIX for years and never heard of it.
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I've used UNIX for years and never heard of it.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Are you sure about that? I can't believe you've never taken a look at <a href="http://campuscgi.princeton.edu/man?mount_tmpfs" target="_blank">this</a>, then
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Are you sure about that? I can't believe you've never taken a look at <a href="http://campuscgi.princeton.edu/man?mount_tmpfs" target="_blank">this</a>, then</strong><hr></blockquote>
Never used it. Never seen anyone use it. Never heard anyone express a need for it. Not part of my Irix distribution.