Re: Ramdisk in ROM03

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Adalbert Goertz <goertz@cyberspace.org> wrote:

> I created a ram disk /RAM5 in my ROM03 GS, but it lasts only as long
> as I have the //GS on. When I shut down and boot up again,
> my ram disk /RAM5 is gone.

Judging from your later posts, it sounds like the battery is OK.  The
next thought which occurs to me: how much RAM do you have in your
system?

There is a bug in the ROM 3 firmware which prevents it from creating the
/RAM5 volume if you have 8 MB of RAM.

If you boot into System 6.0.1, the system checks for this situation, and
if the RAM disk has been configured in the control panel, then it is
created automatically.  If I remember right, this fix is inside the
PRODOS file (the first stage GS/OS loader).

If you are booting directly into ProDOS-8, then this fix won't happen,
and you will have no /RAM5 volume after startup.

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David Empson
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