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From: frankjr@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Frank AnthonyJr Busalacchi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: RAD: Problems (Won't Work)
Message-ID: <1990Nov26.190646.6655@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 26 Nov 90 19:06:46 GMT
References: <9496@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <90311.125658IO92257@MAINE.BITNET>
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
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IO92257@MAINE.BITNET writes:

>I have mounted RAD: on my A2000:
>  6.2 motherboard (purchased in April)
>  2 meg SupraRAM in first slot
>  2 floppies
>  1 Meg Agnus
>Ok, here is the problem...I mount it,
>put files in it, (it is an 880K RAD:) then
>I reboot the machine (Ctrl-Amiga-Amiga)
>No Dice.  The RAD: is GONE.  I did this with
>my A1000 with a Kickstart 1.3 disk and it
>booted from rad and everything....I've even
>tried using my Original WB 1.3.2 disk....(you
>know, to get around the ARP Mount command, which
>someone said sucks)  No Dice...
>Any simple fix or cries of 'ME TOO!!!' would
>be GREATLY appreciated!
>-Brent Cook (Io92257 at Maine)
>*Amiga User for 5 years, and thinks he is NOT iggerant!*


I had the same problem for about 1 year.  I finally figured it out after
a virus scare.

Everyone else that has replied to your problem says to add the r option to
setpatches.  Yes this is necessary for the fatter agnus.
setpatches >nil: r

But, The thing that is most likely destroying your rad drive is virusx.  It
destroyed mine for all that time.  Virusx has an option for the ramdrive.  The
problem is that the option in my research has to be first.  I invoke virusx
without a window (4.01) with the following command.

virusx -r -n

NOTE: the -r has to be the first argument in the command line no matter what
(I think!).  It solved my problem which was the same as Brent's.

Hope this helps some people!

Frank Busalacchi
Undergrad Stanford University
Computer Science Department, Stanford University