nsw@cord.UUCP (Neil Weinstock) (01/29/89)
In article <549@jc3b21.UUCP> fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP writes: >From article <34939@bbn.COM>, by cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell): >> I've been fiddling around with my WB disk icons and the mountlist and >> such and I have a couple of baby questions (these all with 1.3 on a 2000): >> >> a) Where does "RAM:" get its name? I've tried rename from workbench, >> but when I reboot ram comes back as "RAM DISK:". [This worked fine >> for the Recoverable ram, disk -- a raname to "RRD:" and I no longer >> have to see 'ramb0:'] > > Use "Relabel RAM: RAM" in your Startup-Sequence file. Remember that >the RAM: disk goes away everytime you reboot. It gets recreated the first >time it is referenced. So include a reference to RAM: (such as copy echo >to RAM:") in your startup sequence. Then relabel it. The new name will >last until you boot the system again. For those who are unaware, you can also change the icon image of RAM: so you don't get that generic picture of a disk. Normally, when RAM: is created, (or does loadwb do it?) the system looks in it for disk.info, which contains the icon info. Not finding one, it creates a generic one. You can get around this by editing the RAM: icon (using iconed or whatever) and then copying RAM:disk.info to somewhere on your boot disk. BE SURE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE FILE WHEN YOU SAVE IT. I saved mine in /usr/misc/ram.diskinfo. Then, in your startup sequence, sometime before loadwb, put in a line like: copy /usr/misc/ram.diskinfo RAM:disk.info ;Move icon into RAM: That oughtta do it! /.- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ... .- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ...\ / Neil Weinstock | att!cord!nsw | "One man's garbage is another \ \ AT&T Bell Labs | nsw@cord.att.com | man's prune danish." - Harv Laser / \.- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ... .- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . .../
agollum@engr.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron) (01/30/89)
In episode <674@cord.UUCP>, we heard nsw@cord.UUCP (Neil Weinstock) say: >For those who are unaware, you can also change the icon image of RAM: so you >don't get that generic picture of a disk. Normally, when RAM: is created, >(or does loadwb do it?) the system looks in it for disk.info, which contains >the icon info. Not finding one, it creates a generic one. You can get >around this by editing the RAM: icon (using iconed or whatever) and then >copying RAM:disk.info to somewhere on your boot disk. I fooled with this while setting up a "boot to ram:" disk a while back. As near as I could tell, the exact behavior is: When LoadWB starts up, if RAM: has no disk.info, then SYS:disk.info is copied to RAM:disk.info. So whatever icon your boot disk has, your ram: disk will have the same (though the window position is reset). To avoid this, have a disk.info file in RAM: when you run LoadWB. Kenneth Herron
gords@cognos.uucp (Gord Smith) (02/03/89)
In article <674@cord.UUCP> nsw@cord.UUCP (Neil Weinstock) writes: >For those who are unaware, you can also change the icon image of RAM: so you >don't get that generic picture of a disk. Normally, when RAM: is created, >(or does loadwb do it?) the system looks in it for disk.info, which contains >the icon info. Not finding one, it creates a generic one. You can get >around this by editing the RAM: icon (using iconed or whatever) and then >copying RAM:disk.info to somewhere on your boot disk. That's all well and good, but how about providing something interesting for these folks to use as a RAM: icon? Here's my uuencoded RAM:Disk.info. Actually it's stored on my workbench disk as SYS:Ram.diskinfo and in the good old startup-sequence somewhere before the LoadWb I have copy SYS:Ram.diskinfo RAM:Disk.info It's made the rounds on a couple of local BBS's, but since the subject came up here I might as well spread it around here, too. For those who couldn't be bothered looking at it, it's a memory chip which surges with electricity when clicked on. This sucker is PUBLIC DOMAIN etc.... Do with it what you want. If it ever did show up in a commercial product I'd freak out (with amazement). Incidentally, with the advent of 1.3 I now use it for RAD: as well. It's short, so like, no flames, eh! Enjoy! ---------------->8---------------->8--------------------->8------------------- begin 644 ram.diskinfo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end ---------------->8---------------->8--------------------->8------------------- DwBh -- D. Gordon Smith Voice: (613) 738-1338 ext 6118 P.O. Box 9707 Cognos Incorporated FAX: (613) 738-0002 3755 Riverside Drive uucp: gords@cognos.uucp | uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!gords Ottawa, Ontario "Vincent, am I sh*tfaced yet?" - Schwarzenegger in "Twins" CANADA K1G 3Z4