I searched the fora yesterday for any threads related to running FS2004 on a RAM disk, and found only one from several years ago, applicable of course to FS2002, and to systems from that time.Does the fact that none of the performance-hungry users out there have been talking about RAM disks mean that it is not possible to use one to run the simulator? Or if it IS in fact possible, how would one do it?I would be happy to hear any updated information on the topic.Regards,Seth Graebner

I don't see why it would not be possible. However FS has grown a lot bigger lately. 32-bit systems max out at 4GB of RAM, barely enough for the basic FS9 installation with no addons. You could always link some scenery entries to the RAM disk.

Hmm. There's probably no way I can get that much RAM devoted to the disk anyway. Of course, the RAM disk idea implies an installation of FS9 every time one boots or loses power, and loading 4GB from either CD ROM or my hard drive might give me plenty of time to wonder if it were really worth it.On the other hand, the idea of "linking some scenery entries to the RAM disk" is intriguing. Is this done via the "remote =" line in the scenery.cfg file?Thanks for the help. It might make certain flights run more smoothly, if I could get things planned and set up right.Regards,

Nah you'd simply edit the scenery.cfg entry to point at the RAM disk's drive letter either by using Notepad or by changing it inside FS. Of course if you ever turn your computer off you'd have to copy the files over again.

You can get much the same result by moving the scenery folder to another hard drive to allow a combined read using two hard drives, in a sort-of mini-RAID configuration. FS doesn't really care where the files are located, just so long as the scenery .cfg can actually find them so its quite easy to experiment by COPYING the scenery folder to a second drive, then making a backup of Scenery .cfg for safekeeping, then adjusting the file references in the scenery .cfg file to point to the `new` scenery folder. A couple of relaunches of then sim and a bit of comparison in complicated areas and you should have a good idea whether it will work for you. Takes a few minutes, and you haven't disturbed your original setup to any great extent. Replace the original scenery .cfg and its back to normal.I have all addon scenery located on a remote hard drive, separate from the base install of FS and Windows. I think it was recommended for UK Scenery in their forums. Seems to work quite well. Allcott