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- From: dr_mcgee@pnl.gov (David R. McGee)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: System on RAM disk
- Message-ID: <dr_mcgee-280892165329@pythagoras.pnl.gov>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 23:47:59 GMT
- Article-I.D.: pythagor.dr_mcgee-280892165329
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- In article <37343@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, mlobbia@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Kaneda) wrote:
- >
- > I have a IIci with 20 MB of RAM. I would like to try running the OS on the
- > RAM disk, but I'm confused: The RAM disk is an INIT in the system folder -
- > it starts up when the OS starts up. By changing the startup to the RAM
- > disk (which, to my knowledge, starts up *after* the OS), how does the RAM disk
- > INIT even start up?
- >
- > Also, what RAM disk program will start up the OS? I've got a copy of RamDisk+
- > 3.0.1, but it gives me an 'out of memory' feature when I try to start up
- > with it (pretty odd when I have 20 megs RAM).
- > --
- > /// Marcus Lobbia ///
- > ||| mlobbia@sdcc13.ucsd.edu |||
- > /// comtec!marcus@ucsd.edu ///
-
- With System 7.01 and a quadra the ability to create RAM disks is built into
- the operating system. This will not work on your IIci.
-
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