Re: Help w/ GS Ramdisk and Prodos

[ron.fucci@mindspring.com (Ron Fucci)]

Thanks.

what I have found so far is that it appears there is a slot conflict
between my floppy drives and the ram drive.  if i attach the 3.5 drive
to the GS and the 5 1/4 drive to the 3.5 drive, i can't access the ram
drive.

on the other hand, if i attach only one drive to the GS (either one),
i CAN access the ram drive.  the conflict appears to be the slot 5,2.

i have noticed other funky behavior for the GS and the floppies.  for
instance,  the 3.5 drive is supposed to be attached first, then the 5
1/4 hung off the 3.5.  when i boot, i would expect the 3.5 drive to be
'scanned' first, but the GS boots off the 5 1/4 (?)

Ron

On Tue, 3 Nov 1998 02:54:27 +1300, dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David
Empson) wrote:

>Ron Fucci <ron.fucci@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, I've done that.  I'm using Rom03 and tried the reset switch on
>> the control panel  both ways, and bouncing the power.   I can't copy a
>> file to the RAM disk, and utilities which display volumes don't see
>> it.  Any other ideas ?
>
>Do you have slot 5 set to "SmartPort"?  If you have it set to "Your
>Card", then ProDOS can't access /RAM5 because the driver isn't
>available.
>
>(Don't confuse /RAM with /RAM5.  /RAM is the 64K auxiliary memory RAM
>disk, which is a legacy from the IIe.  /RAM5 is specific to the IIgs.)
>
>-- 
>David Empson
>dempson@actrix.gen.nz
>Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand