Shamil Salakhetdinov
shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru
Sat Apr 26 15:08:04 CDT 2003
> Why not just use a different drive, and > partition it? To make a virtual drive should be less work and it even can be automated if this tool http://www.pulsetrainsw.com/products_virtualstoragetoolkit.htm referred by Gustav will be used... And I need all its sectors clean - this is why I want to format it and this is why SUBST can't be used... Shamil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Wutka" <DWUTKA at marlow.com> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 11:14 PM Subject: RE: Setting up a virtual disk - Was: Re: [AccessD] Setting up a ram disk > So why do you need to format it? Why not just use a different drive, and > partition it? > > Drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shamil Salakhetdinov > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Sent: 4/26/03 3:59 AM > Subject: Re: Setting up a virtual disk - Was: Re: [AccessD] Setting up a ram > disk > > > You can't 'format' a SUBST drive, because it's > > already part of another drive > Yes, I know, this is why I'm looking for a virtaul drive solution... > > Shamil > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Drew Wutka" <DWUTKA at marlow.com> > To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 3:28 AM > Subject: RE: Setting up a virtual disk - Was: Re: [AccessD] Setting up a > ram > disk > > > > Yes, there is a double directory structure, so you can get to the > files > > either through their true path, or their 'virtual' path. What are you > > trying to do? The only real difference is formatting, which I think > you > had > > in your original post. You can't 'format' a SUBST drive, because it's > > already part of another drive. > > > > Drew > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shamil Salakhetdinov [mailto:shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru] > > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 6:17 PM > > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > > Subject: Re: 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. 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