SD as RAM???

[jonrobertd]

1. Open a new folder “Volatile” on the SD card
2. Change the following key, using the registry editor:
from \HKLM\System\Filesys TempPath = \Application Data\Volatile
to \HKLM\System\Filesys TempPath = \Storage Card\Volatile
3. Turn off the pocket pc with the power button for about 30 sec (not soft reset/hard reset).
4. Turn it on again.

Found this on another site and was wondering is this possible? Well thanks ahead. JD

EDIT: http://pocketfree.blogspot.com/search/label/*TIPS%20and%20TRICKS*
link to tip/trick i got this from and if this is posted somewhere else sorry I did search first.

[courtlandre]

1. Open a new folder “Volatile” on the SD card
2. Change the following key, using the registry editor:
from \HKLM\System\Filesys TempPath = \Application Data\Volatile
to \HKLM\System\Filesys TempPath = \Storage Card\Volatile
3. Turn off the pocket pc with the power button for about 30 sec (not soft reset/hard reset).
4. Turn it on again.

Found this on another site and was wondering is this possible? Well thanks ahead. JD

EDIT: http://pocketfree.blogspot.com/search/label/*TIPS%20and%20TRICKS*
link to tip/trick i got this from and if this is posted somewhere else sorry I did search first.

The comment for it says this:


That "tweak" listed only changes where some programs store temporary files. PocketRAR, amongst others, uses that directory to temporarily extract files to when it is working...

This is not "using SD as virtual memory" as the name suggests, it is simply moving the "Temp" directory.

[jonrobertd]

yeah my connection wouldn't load it untill just a minute ago and I was about to edit it so dangit....... I thought I found something good.

Well is it possible to do this maybe :D like in Vista?

[ss1271]

u mean ' Ready Boost' ?

SD Card's reading speed is too slow....not as fast as RS-MMC

[jonrobertd]

yeah ready boost, although I am using a 2 gig sd card now in my laptop just for that so it does work. But for WM it seems unlikely. I just am a wishful thinker, even though 512m to 1gig ram in a ppc sounds soooo cool. LOL

[ss1271]

i've seen a thread discussing about 1G or 2G RAM...
and u can google it if u are interest in....

the key to upgrade is to buy a propiate IC part for Hermes(and we've already worked out which IC can be used for hermes.)

[jonrobertd]

ok thanks I'll check into it more

[Rudegar]

it's not sd cards which is too slow it's
the sd interface of the pocketpc's which are slow
well that and the fact that wm dont currently support
readyboost

[Andi1985]

I dont understand it should be possible to do this??? so its a hardware limitation? or do you think a person can con-coct a bit of code which allows this??

[Rudegar]

it's deep inside the the core of os
all memory management is
maybe later windows CE cores will include it

[ss1271]

it's deep inside the the core of os
all memory management is
maybe later windows CE cores will include it

That's the key.

WinCE 5 now has a memory management limit
it can only support 32 process in 32MB...
and WinCE 6 provides more efficiency management on memory and cancelled the limit on 32MB for 32 process....

So, let's waiting 4 WM6.1...

[Rudegar]

windows mobile 6.1 is not based on ce6 it's still ce5 like wm6
and mem allo size dont have to do what can be allocated as mem
not sure if ce6 even support something like readyboost