Smartdrv, Installing smartdrv .sys – Texas Instruments 4000M User Manual

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If your hard drive is configured as drive C, the

RAM

disk is drive D.

If your hard drive is drive C and your hard drive is
drive D, the

RAM

disk is drive E.

SMARTDRV

SMARTDRV

is a disk-caching program that reduces the time

it takes your computer to read data from the hard disk.

When

SMARTDRV

is installed, information from the hard

disk is temporarily stored in a cache in Extended or
Expanded memory. When needed, the data can be accessed
by the processor directly from the cache memory. The data
on the hard disk is updated automatically to reflect the
changes in the data stored in the cache.

Installing SMARTDRV .SYS

To install

SMARTDRV.SYS

in its simplest form, include the

following command line in your

AUTOEXEC.BAT

file:

C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE

In this form, a 256-KB cache will be set up in Extended
memory.

If you need to specify a particular size for the cache, or if
you want the cache to be in Expanded memory, refer to
your

MS-DOS

and Windows manuals.

Memory Device Drivers

Configuring Memory F-9

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