Re: IIgs RAM drive question

[apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <1e2s6wi.dm6vh0amhgjkN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>ground.ecn AppleII Librarian <apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
>> In article <830j89$isg$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,  <paulrsm@my-deja.com> wrote:
>> >How do I set up a RAM drive on a IIgs running ProDOS 8?
>> >

>> The GS/OS ramdrive is only for GS/OS.  ProDOS can't access it.
>
>Pardon?
>
>The IIgs RAM disk (/RAM5) is accessible through the SmartPort firmware
>in slot 5, which makes it perfectly usable under ProDOS-8.  You can even
>boot from it if you set it up correctly.  Assuming you have a 3.5" drive
>connected, /RAM5 will be S5,D2.
>
>GS/OS has a RAMDisk driver which significantly increases the speed at
>which GS/OS can access /RAM5.  It is exactly the same volume that can be
>accessed through the firmware.
>
>If you have slot 5 set to "Your Card" in the control panel, then GS/OS
>will still be able to access the RAM disk through its disk-based driver,
>but ProDOS-8 won't be able to access it.
>
>

Ah!  That is my problem.  I have a superdrive controller in Slot 5, with
the control panel set to 'your card'.  Now I know why p8 can't use /ram5.
I thought it was a generic gs/os - p8 problem.  I guess my system is a
special exception.

Thanks, David, for setting the record straight.

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