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From: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP
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Subject: asdg ram disk (some comments)
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Date: Sat, 24-Jan-87 11:08:33 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 24 11:08:33 1987
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	First off I would like to commend Perry for writing and now posting
this extremely useful peice of software!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

	A few helpful hints in installing it:

- the commands	'mount vd0:' and
		'dir > nil: vd0:' (or some other reference to vd0:)
  MUST BE THE FIRST TWO COMMANDS IN YOUR STARTUP-SEQUENCE ELSE YOU MAY
  TRASH RAM AND THUS THE RRD (Recoverable Ram Disk).

- as Perry mentioned, 'asdg.vdisk.device' and 'Mountlist' MUST be in
  devs:.

- I have downloaded and tested ALL of the programs that came with the
  posting and it appears that 'DeleteRamDisk' did not make it correctly.
  I spoke with Perry and it appears that the file is 2 bytes short.
  Here is a list of files and sizes:

	CleanRamDisk.Info	 674
	CleanRamDisk		3808
	DeleteRamDisk.Info	 482
	DeleteRamDisk		4176 (mine is 4174 so it doesn't work)
	FastMem.Info		 274
	FastMem			2240
	SysMon.Info		 302
	SysMon			7896
	Mountlist		4572
	asdg.vdisk.device	6040

- don't forget to read the Mountlist for instructions on how to configure
  the rrd.

Problem: As I said before everything works fine...until I try and boot
workbench (I normal run under cli).  As soon as I do a 'loadwb' the
system crashes.  I suspect that this may be due to the Micro Forge
device driver as I run with a 20 meg drive.  Does anyone else out there
have a MicroForge drive who has the rrd and workbench working?  I should
point out that I spoke with Perry and he informed me that this is the
first reported problem with the rrd as it works fine with all other
hard disks.

	I for one am going to send Perry the $10.00 he requests in the
docs.  As far as I'm concrened it's worth a heck of a lot more than that.
So if you end up using his software why not do the same?  It will help
to promote this type of software.
-- 
David Berezowski	{caip,ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!cbmvax!daveb

Disclaimer: I work for myself, so my words must be my own.
            (You may borrow them if you like)