Re: Aliases in GS/OS

[Jeff Blakeney <CUTjblakeney@sentex.net>]

On 14 Dec 2002 00:37:22 GMT, ludowick@aol.com (Ludowick) wrote:

>Look for a program called "Flashboot" if you've got around 4MB of memory on
>your system (or more).  It allows you to create image disks of the /RAM5 disk
>and load/save them automatically.  It slows booting down, but gives you a 2.4
>MB "hard disk workalike" that I used System 6.0.1 from for a few months with
>good results before getting a hard drive.

If you can get hold of a card such as the RAMKeeper or MemorySaver
then you can have almost the equivalent of a ROM disk by having your
RAM disk constantly powered.  If the power goes out then the cards do
have a certain amount of battery back up so it is still possible to
lose the data on your RAM disk which is why I said "almost" above.
Also, you also get the advantage of being able to change the contents
of this "ROM" disk any time you want.

Having a set up like this means that you don't need to use a program
like Flashboot or even boot from a floppy at all.  Kind of like using
a rather small, solid state hard drive in your IIgs.  I still have a
MemorySaver card but haven't used it for a very long time because I've
been using hard drives since 1990 or so.

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