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From: kortink@utis96.cs.utwente.nl (John Kortink)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: MemAlloc, RamDisc and the DeskTop
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.142943.9651@cs.utwente.nl>
Date: 20 Mar 91 14:29:43 GMT
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In article <91.073.18:54:03@ira.uka.de> S_JEKUTSCH@iravcl.ira.uka.de (|S| Sebastian Jek) writes:
>I have a small problem and I hope someone can solve it:
>I want to install a Ramdisc automatically from within the desktop. So I load
>MemAlloc and then do RAMFSSIZE 512. The memory was allocated in the expected
>way but no RAMFiler_icon appears (only after I (tried to) alter the size of the 
>RAM Disc with the Task-Display)! It only works right when the desktop wasn't
>already started (1. MemAlloc, 2. RAMFSSIZE 512, 3. desktop). Why does RiscOs
>behave in this way and how can I get the icon on the icon-bar?
>Please post it or mail me: S_JEKUTSCH@irav1.ira.uka.de

I think you just need to *RMREINIT the RamFSFiler. The icon will pop up.

John Kortink (kortink@cs.utwente.nl)