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MWC rdy ramdisk utility

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From: Brad Banko
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1988 14:34
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does anybody know just how the rdy ramdisk works?
i keep running into this problem that if i warm boot the system with
a disk that has accessories (or the IB Drive res.prg), the MWC ramdisk
disappears..., but it doesn't get destroyed, because if I reboot
with a disk that has no desk accessories it comes back, most of the time.

it really gets frustrating if i want to use the IB Drive 5.25" drive 
and use msh from the ramdisk to work on the files on the 5.25...

... i load up the ramdisk, and then go to warm boot with the res.prg
(which is supposed to set the speed of the 5.25" drive so that TOS will
be able to read it ok), and the ramdisk disappears..., so

... i warm boot with a disk with nothing on it, and the ramdisk returns,
but it won't read and write the 5.25" IB Drive...

I hope that some of you are familiar with this problem, and have solved it.
(Strangely, there have been times when I have been able to run the ramdisk
and the IB Drive, but I can't remember how I did it, or reproduce it.)


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			Brad Banko
			Columbus, Ohio
			(formerly ...!decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!btb)
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From: btb@ncoast.UUCP (Brad Banko)
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Subject: MWC rdy ramdisk utility
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Date: 19 Mar 88 14:34:53 GMT
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