Re: IIgs RAM drive question

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apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian) wrote:

>David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>
>>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.
>>
>>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.

Nope.  My system has a Superdrive controller in slot 5 too.
In fact, I'm pretty sure David's does too.

Interestingly, this might be the problem with the user who
asked the question.  Maybe the user has slot 5 set to
'your card' so /RAM5 does not show up in slot 5, drive 2.