Intermec 6200 Reference Guide

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RAMDFMT.EXE creates a RAM Drive on the HHC.  This RAM drive is a block of

system memory that is treated as DOS drive C:.  The data stored on the RAM

drive is maintained as long as power is supplied to the system and the drive is

not reformatted.
When a RAM drive is created, this results in less extended memory available for

programs.  No additional conventional memory is required for the RAM drive.

Because the support for accessing the RAM drive is embedded in the DOS BIOS,

no additional drivers need to be loaded.  The extended memory test (with the

corresponding boot messages) reserves memory for the RAM drive.  Only one

RAM drive can be created.
The size selected for the RAM drive represents the total memory required by the

RAM drive, not the free space that is available on the drive.  DOS file system

overhead reduces the specified memory by the size of the file allocation table

(FAT) and root directory created.
If CONFIG.SYS loads HIMEM.SYS and sets DOS=HIGH, the first 64 KB of

extended memory is used for the High Memory Area.  As a result, the maximum

size of the RAM drive is 64 KB less than total extended memory.
The following switches are allowed for RAMDFMT.EXE.  All values are in

decimal.  You must specify either size or address, but not both.

ća

address of RAM disk (in kilobytes)

ćd

drive number (0 = A, 1 = B, ... etc.)

će

number of directory entries

ćs

size of RAM drive (in kilobytes)

ćh help

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If a communications option other than Accessory Card is selected, the Norand

Utilities program automatically creates a RAM drive if one does not already

exist.  If the accessory card option is selected, the startup files on the card must

create a RAM Drive if one is needed.
For a system with 6 MB (or more) of total memory, Norand Utilities creates a

RAM drive of size 3 MB plus 960 KB, that is, 64KB less than 4MB to ensure

room for the High Memory Area.  For lower system RAM capacities, only 1 MB

plus 64 KB of RAM is reserved for conventional use and the remainder is

allocated to the RAM drive.
The Norand Utilities program provides a menu that allows the RAM drive to be

formatted in 64 KB increments.
The RAM drive created by Norand Utilities allocates 128 directory entries, that

is, it specifies će128 as a parameter to RAMDFMT.EXE.
When NPCP, TTY, NRInet, TFTP, TCP/IP bootp, or Novell communication

options are used, another choice exists for creating a RAM drive.  If the

RAMDFMT.CTL file is downloaded, Norand Utilities executes the program

RAMDFMT.EXE to create a RAM drive.  RAMDFMT.CTL is a text file that must

contain the commandĆline parameters for RAMDFMT.EXE.
For example, if RAMDFMT.CTL contains the ćs2048 line, then Norand Utilities

executes RAMDFMT.EXE ćs2048", which creates a 2 MB RAM drive.
When processing RAMDFMT.CTL, if RAMDFMT.EXE cannot be executed or

returns an error, the communication session fails with error F 0."  Also, if the

parameters in RAMDFMT.CTL cause the RAM drive to be removed (such as

-s0"), the communication session fails with error F 0."