raw@mcnc.org (Russell Williams) (04/15/89)
Hi! I just recently purchased two megs of memory, and I'm trying it out with my programs. One thing I'd like to do is copy Balance of Power 1990 to ram, and then execute it from RAM. Disk access takes up a great deal of time in the normal execution of the game. I've been able to copy the disk to ram or a directory called BOP in ram, but when I try to do an assign command it won't work for the disk as a whole. I have moderate success assigning individual directories, but I can't seem to assign the whole disk to the ram. It keeps on accessing the disk. Does anyone know how to construct a startup-sequence to copy the disk to ram andthen execute it from there? Thanks, Russell
drc@CSUStan.EDU (Dave Coughran) (04/15/89)
In article <4318@alvin.mcnc.org> raw@mcnc.org (Russell Williams) writes: > [in part] > I've been able to copy the disk to ram or a directory called BOP in >ram, but when I try to do an assign command it won't work for the disk as a >whole. I have moderate success assigning individual directories, but I can't >seem to assign the whole disk to the ram. It keeps on accessing the disk. >Does anyone know how to construct a startup-sequence to copy the disk to ram andthen execute it from there? > Thanks, > Russell Pop the disk out of the drive before doing the assign. If a volume is already mounted, you can't assign it to RAM: --David
fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe) (04/16/89)
From article <4318@alvin.mcnc.org>, by raw@mcnc.org (Russell Williams): > One thing I'd like to do is copy Balance of Power 1990 > to ram... Try copying BOP to a RAD: disk with a startup sequence like the one in the 1.3 manual which describes how to boot from a RAD: disk. I haven't tried it with BOP but it sure works with Workbench. --Fabbian Dufoe 350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 813-823-2350 UUCP: ...uunet!pdn!jc3b21!fgd3