STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET (10/20/87)
>Dickson@Hartford repeated the problem many, including myself, have had with >the new Finder not copying properly and added a new one, the Finder didn't >recognize his ramdisk the first time he used it. I was told to forget about dynamic memory allocation under the finder and set min and max ramdisk sizes equal if I'm going to copy files using Finder. That's solved my copying problems, but I'm not thrilled with it. I hope Apple corrects the bug in its next update of Finder. If the ramdisk has the same name as a volume in a disk drive, Finder will not locate it when booted (it will only allow one volume with a given name on the desktop at once) and there seems to be no way to get it recognized later without rebooting Finder. I've also found that if I've accidentally shut off my machine with the ramdisk as a boot drive, Finder won't locate the ramdisk the next time I turn on my machine. (Sequence: turn on machine, machine doesn't boot because the ramdrive is empty, go back to the control panel and set boot drive to SCAN, reboot, ramdisk isn't found, turn off machine, turn back on, ramdisk reappears.) 't t
lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) (10/23/87)
I have been assured by many GS gurus that as of this date, the GS dynamic memory feature on the ram disk has NEVER worked correctly; it is NOT a problem with the finder, but in the ROMs. Also, not in regards to this particular message, but to the populace in general. Rob Moore, one of the GS designers, has assured me that the rom upgrades did NOT place any of the RAM tools into rom - just fixes to the ROM tools which were in a RAM update file. This is why you still need those tool files on your P16 disks. -- Larry W. Virden 75046,606 (CIS) 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817 cbosgd!n8emr!lwv HAM/SWL BBS (HBBS) 614-457-4227.. 300/1200 bps We haven't inherited the world from our parents, but borrowed it from our children.