Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!ericom!eos.ericsson.se!etxtomp From: etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se (Tommy Petersson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Why not use RAD:? (Re: ASDG VD0: DOES NOT WORK!) Message-ID: <1990Oct22.154056.14550@ericsson.se> Date: 22 Oct 90 15:40:56 GMT References: <9307@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1990Oct22.033330.22005@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Sender: news@ericsson.se Reply-To: etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se Organization: Ericsson Telecom AB Lines: 35 In article <1990Oct22.033330.22005@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: -I'm really curious at all this VD0: and VK0: traffic. I've been using -the RAD: that Commodore supplies for eighteen months or so with no -problems whatever, and except for a couple of times when I was running -some really braindead demo code, that trashed it thoroughly, it's never -failed to recover for me. I use a 6.5 meg RAD: every day, sloshing files -around like crazy while multitasking for all I'm worth. - -Why are people still searching for a recoverable ram disk? "It's in -there!" If there's something horribly wrong with RAD:, I'm not sure I -want to know at this late date. Is my computer about to develop dry rot -or something? - -;-) - /// It's Amiga - /// for me: why -Kent, the man from xanth. \\\/// settle for - \XX/ anything less? I don't know the answer to Kent's question - perhaps the other RAM disks are like good ol' RAM and don't use up more memory than is currently used? I have, however, a related question: I have been using RAD: for a while without any problems. Now I have upgraded(?) from my A2090 to a Supra WordSync controller (mainly for the AutoBoot, but also to get rid of the DMA contension R/W errors when using programs with many colours and overscan). When I try to use RAD: in the same way as with my A2090 (same MountList part) I get mucho problems. The hard disk will no longer autoboot and I sometimes get disk validation error on RAD: at reboot. I have not tried every possible way to do this, but a lot of them (to no avail). Anyone with some help? Tommy Petersson