| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
Now that I'm running 5Mb it's time to look at running some stuff in
RAM.
So... What is the latest/best "Recoverable RAMdisk"? Does recoverable
imply it survives a warm boot? Pointers?
Thanks,
...Ed
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 4537.1 | one comes with 1.3 | NOTIBM::MCGHIE | Thank Heaven for small Murphys ! | Fri Feb 22 1991 02:23 | 7 |
Hi,
There is a recoverable ram disk supplied with 1.3. Must admit I've
never used it, but it is documented in the 1.3 manual that comes with
the update.
Mike
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| 4537.2 | Try VDO | PEEVAX::LAWSON | Fri Feb 22 1991 04:45 | 8 | |
VD0: has a good wrap. Of course you need VD0FIX to make it work.
My Vd0: used (note tense!) to work, i.e. recover from a warm boot etc
but stopped working a couple of months back. I dont know why. The
envirnment is stable - WB1.3, ARP1.3, SETCPU, DMOUSE, Conman.
Cheers,
glenn
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| 4537.3 | VDK: | NBOIS2::FRIES | Fri Feb 22 1991 05:58 | 4 | |
I've seen a RRD calles VDK:
It seemed to work OK.
Gerald
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| 4537.4 | My vote for VD0: | RIPPLE::LUKE_TE | Fri Feb 22 1991 12:15 | 15 | |
I have been using VD0: (or ASDG-RAM:) for years now and it has
performed flawlessly. I have never heard of FIXVD0. What is that?
VD0: is completely recoverable after a warm boot. It even survives a
power flicker, then I have flipped the Amiga on and off trying to get
rid of it only to find it survived. I had to leave the power off for
more than 4-5 seconds to see it go away.
What I like best about VD0: is that even though you may set it to be
1MB or whatever size you want, it only uses memory when it has files in
it, and then only enough memory to fit the files into. RAD: on the
other hand takes up all the memory you allocate to it, whether it is
empty or full. You can boot from RAD:, but not from VD0:
Terry
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