cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) (01/23/89)
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:'] b) In my mountlist, df2: is configured to be a 5.25" floppy... well, it ain't. It's a Normal 3.5" guy. Why does it work? (it certainly _seems_ to work fine!) __ / ) Bernie Cosell /--< _ __ __ o _ BBN Sys & Tech, Cambridge, MA 02238 /___/_(<_/ (_/) )_(_(<_ cosell@bbn.com
fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe) (01/26/89)
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. > b) In my mountlist, df2: is configured to be a 5.25" floppy... well, > it ain't. It's a Normal 3.5" guy. Why does it work? (it certainly > _seems_ to work fine!) Are you sure you're mounting df2:? It's my understanding that the system will automatically recognize 3.5 inch disks without a mount command. If you subsequently try to mount df2: I would expect it to tell you "device already mounted" (or words to that effect). --Fabbian Dufoe 350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 813-823-2350 UUCP: ...uunet!pdn!jc3b21!fgd3
deven@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven Corzine) (01/27/89)
> 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. No need; the reference to RAM: in that relabel command will create the ramdisk just prior to renaming it. So just the "Relabel RAM: RAM" does the job nicely. Deven -- ------- shadow@pawl.rpi.edu ------- Deven Thomas Corzine --------------------- Cogito shadow@acm.rpi.edu 2346 15th Street Pi-Rho America ergo userfxb6@rpitsmts.bitnet Troy, NY 12180-2306 (518) 272-5847 sum... In the immortal words of Socrates: "I drank what?" ...I think.