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From: cc@xroads.UUCP (Dan McGuirk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Gripes
Message-ID: <436@xroads.UUCP>
Date: 2 Mar 88 23:57:00 GMT
References: <8802282040.AA05380@wpi.local>
Organization: Crossroads, Phoenix, Az.
Lines: 18
Summary: RAMDisk screws up in Finder

In article <8802282040.AA05380@wpi.local>, DSEAH@WPI.BITNET writes:
> Has anyone experienced problems when copying large numbers of files
> to a Ramdisk using the IIgs Finder?  I consistantly get something like
> "I/O error in Ramdisk" twice in a row (right after each other), and the
> process aborts.  This problem does not seem to occur using Copy II Plus.
> I am using the old gsRAM card from Applied Engineering and version 3.1 of
> the System Disk.

I also have a GS-Ram and Finder version 3.1 and the EXACT same thing happens
to me!  That is one of the major reasons I stopped using the Finder, besides
speed.  I seem to remember that if you format the RamDisk before trying to
copy anything to it it seems to work...

Dan
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