Most of the 32 MB of system memory is going to be unused on a 386 system, unless we find something that can utilize most of the extended memory. A RAM drive may be a good use case for so much extra memory. Join me today to explore a way to load MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 on a 25 MB RAM drive and run both operating systems from there. Of course, there will be a few obstacles we need to tackle, like how to persist the data stored on volatile memory.
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00:00 Intro
02:00 PCBWay
02:42 Create a RAM drive
04:02 Archive MS-DOS
05:53 Extract RAM drive content
07:01 Volatile memory issues
08:24 Install Windows
11:07 Finish up