Re: ProDOS, IIgs and large RAM disks.

[Greg Buchner <nobody@wavetech.net>]

In article <3A5B993A.F3BE7BD5@usb.com>, Dennis Jenkins <dennis@usb.com> 
wrote:

> Ah.
> 	I think that on my system that both are called "/RAM".  When I try to
> quit 'ZLINK', I have to hit 'tab' to select a root prefix to search to
> valid .SYS files.  "/RAM" appears twice.  I know that, technically,
> prodos will disallow two of the same volumes to be mounted with the same
> name, but when you force prodos to do this, it  returns an error  ($5a I
> think).  I just got a book about it last night, so I'm still reading...
> 
> 	If this is indeed the case, then why would prodos name them both
> "/RAM"?  

If that's happening, then I have no idea what's going on.  Nothing
like that ever happened with my GS...I thought that the /RAM5 was
something that was set up through the ROM...

Try checking it right away on reboot.  Also, what ROM version GS do
you have?

Greg B.
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