Making a Startup RAM Disk
ll you need to make this is a computer with 8+MB of RAM. Turn the RAM disk on using the memory control panel and allocate about 3MB of space to it. Reboot, and when the disk appears, create a new folder called "System Folder" on it and drag in a copy of the System and Finder. (If you go by icon, the icon should change on the new system folder afterwards to the normal system folder icon). Then, copy any extra control panels and extensions, if you have room. Select the RAM disk in the Startup Disk control panel, and reboot. Wham, there it is! (and much quieter too.)
o reverse this, simply change the startup disk back to the hard disk (using either the control panel on the drive or the one on RAM), reboot so that you are running off the hard disk's system, and in the memory control panel, delete the RAM disk.
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