jmb@cbnews.ATT.COM (James M. Brohard) (12/16/88)
Ok. I have finally broken down and decided to ask Santa Claus for memory for a ramdisk for my IIGS. I am completely disgusted by the boot time of my Apple - even running the new GS/OS of a 3.5" floppy. I intend to build up the ramdisk as the boot device. What is the minimum set of files and directories that I need to load onto the ramdisk? What is a guesstimate of the minimum memory needed to do this? Is there any other way of avoiding the slow startup time of the finder - other than a hard disk? Also, is it really necessary to install a memory battery backup like Applied Engineering's RAM KEEPER? What is wrong with just leaving the cpu powered up with the monitor off? Isn't this what bulletin boards do? Thanks for any help, Jim Brohard cbsds!jmb or cblph!jmb or cbnews!jmb
shawn@pnet51.cts.com (Shawn Stanley) (12/21/88)
jmb@cbnews.ATT.COM (James M. Brohard) writes: >Ok. >I have finally broken down and decided to ask Santa Claus for memory >for a ramdisk for my IIGS. I am completely disgusted by the boot time >of my Apple - even running the new GS/OS of a 3.5" floppy. I intend to >build up the ramdisk as the boot device. > >What is the minimum set of files and directories that I need to load >onto the ramdisk? What is a guesstimate of the minimum memory needed >to do this? Is there any other way of avoiding the slow startup time >of the finder - other than a hard disk? I don't happen to have things handy at the moment, BUT... as for the other questions, you'll need 512-768k or so to put up a multi-purpose GS/OS system RAM disk. And, the Finder is the Finder. If you don't plan on using your 5.25" disk drive, disconnecting it will speed up Finder startup. >Also, is it really necessary to install a memory battery backup like >Applied Engineering's RAM KEEPER? What is wrong with just leaving the >cpu powered up with the monitor off? Isn't this what bulletin boards >do? You only need RAM Keeper if you want your memory to stay active when the machine is powered down. Or if you're worried about accidental power loss when keeping your machine powered up. It's not NECESSARY for using your RAM disk as a system disk. UUCP: {rosevax, crash}!orbit!pnet51!shawn INET: shawn@pnet51.cts.com