Setting up a virtual disk - Was: Re: [AccessD] Setting up a ram disk

> It's like a blank drive.
Drew,

It's not like a blank drive - it's just like a drive letter... And I need a
drive. Virtual drive with a logical drive letter. With file structure inside
it. Real file structure. In the case of SUBST a drive letter is assigned to
a directory. And files (or subdirs) are created  within the file structure
of the physical disk, which directory is used in SUBST...

A virtual disk has its own file structure. Like RAMDisk. But RAMDisk uses
RAM to simulate a disk and a virtual disk uses a file.

Shamil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Drew Wutka" <DWUTKA at marlow.com>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 1:59 AM
Subject: RE: Setting up a virtual disk - Was: Re: [AccessD] Setting up a ram
disk


> It will have whatever structure you give it.  It's like a blank drive.
>
> Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shamil Salakhetdinov [mailto:shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru]
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 4:52 PM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: Setting up a virtual disk - Was: Re: [AccessD] Setting up a
ram
> disk
>
>
> THNX for your info Lambert,
>
> But what I need is a virtual drive with its own directory/file structure
not
> just logical drive letter...
>
> Shamil
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Heenan, Lambert" <Lambert.Heenan at AIG.com>
> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:39 AM
> Subject: RE: Setting up a virtual disk - Was: Re: [AccessD] Setting up a
ram
> disk
>
>
> > Shamil,
> >
> > SUBST is all you need - it's been part of MS-DOS since version 2.0.
> >
> > Create a folder on any existing drive.
> >
> > Issue the command
> >    SUBST X: Y:\Folder
> >
> > where X is the drive letter you want to create and Y:\Folder points to
the
> > folder you will use as your virtual drive.
> >
> > If will use whatever file system exists on the drive hosting the
folder -
> > you cannot format the virtual drive.
> >
> > To get rid of the virtual drive (does NOT delete any files) use
> >    SUBST X: /D
> >
> > Lambert
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Shamil Salakhetdinov [SMTP:shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru]
> > > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 4:08 PM
> > > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> > > Subject: OT: Setting up a virtual disk - Was: Re: [AccessD] Setting
> > > up a ram disk
> > >
> > > It's Friday - and I wanted to have a virtual disk - something like:
> > >
> > > -  create a file;
> > > - assign a logical drive letter to it;
> > > - use this virtual(/logical) drive as if it were a real disk i.e.
format
> > > it,
> > > create a file system (FAT or NTFS) on it, directory structure, files
> etc.
> > >
> > > RAMDisk from Q257405 isn't good choice for my wish because I wanted to
> > > have
> > > as big as possible virtual disk - limited to the size of the drive on
> > > which
> > > its file will be located...
> > >
> > > I hope there is somewhere a driver for such a virtual disk for
> > > Windows2000,
> > > anybody?
> > >
> > > Am I missing something obvious?
> > >
> > > TIA for any info,
> > > Shamil
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bobby Heid" <bheid at appdevgrp.com>
> > > To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 6:43 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Setting up a ram disk
> > >
> > >
> > > > Also, check out MS KB article Q257405 for creating one under windows
> > > 2000.
> > > >
> > > > Bobby
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John W.
> Colby
> > > > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 10:15 AM
> > > > To: AccessD
> > > > Subject: [AccessD] Setting up a ram disk
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know how to set up a ram disk in a batch file and run it
> > > when
> > > > windows starts?  Help to do that?
> > > >
> > > > John W. Colby
> > > > Colby Consulting
> > > > www.ColbyConsulting.com
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