Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!erd From: erd@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Ethan R. Dicks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Help! RAM: Device (Simple Query) Message-ID: <8565@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 18 Mar 88 17:06:25 GMT References: <848@umbc3.UMD.EDU> <17873@oliveb.olivetti.com> <624@ncs-med.UUCP> <5527@swan.ulowell.edu> <5253@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer and Information Science Lines: 61 In article <5253@uwmcsd1.UUCP> devilbis@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Mike Shawaluk) writes: >In article <5527@swan.ulowell.edu> page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes: >> >>Essentially, you have to somehow touch ram: to load the ram-handler >>and make a WB disk icon available. You could do something else like >> assign t: ram: >>or >> copy file to ram: >>you get the idea. >> >>..Bob > >Actually, *I* usually prefer the following means of "touching" RAM: > copy sys:ramicon to ram:Disk.info > >This does the dual duty of loading the ram-handler AND giving the RAM: drive >a nicer looking icon than the plain-Jane one that AmigaDOS normally gives it. >Note that sys:ramicon is actually a copy of Disk.info, saved on my floppy under >a different file name, so AmigaDOS won't erroneously think that it's an icon >file. Also, please note that in order for a different icon to be assigned to >RAM: in this manner, you MUST copy the Disk.info file there as the first >operation on RAM:, since AmigaDOS does not reload the Disk.info imagery again >unless the specified disk is ejected and reinserted, which you obviously can;t >do to RAM: > > - Mike Shawaluk Two points: 1) AmigaDOS will not display icons of type DISK, except for Disk.info. I know this, because I have ramdisk.info on my hard disk and it does not show up when I open drawers. 2) You can "eject and reinsert" the ramdisk: use diskchange. If you do not like this approach, type 'loadwb' from the Workbench. On each successive invocation of the Workbench, the OS will reaquire the icons. I agree about he drabness of the "plain Jane" disk icon. Is there some way of changing the default disk icon? (To avoid ordinary looking icons for disks with no Disk.info) -ethan [Damn inews] [Damn inews] [Damn inews] [Damn inews] [Damn inews] [Damn inews] [Damn inews] [Damn inews] [Damn inews] [Damn inews] -- Ethan R. Dicks | ###### This signifies that the poster is a member in Specialized Software| ## good sitting of Inertia House: Bodies at rest. 2101 Iuka Ave. | ## Columbus OH 43201 | ###### "You get it, you're closer."