mpradhan@f.adelaide.edu.au (06/06/91)
Hello all,
I recently installed Sys 7.0, I have an internal HD and a CMS Syquest drive.
I read a few reports how it was not possible to use the removable HD for
virtual memory, but I remember doing this with b4 without much trouble.
To get Sys 7.0 to use a removable HD for VM was a bit tricky but it finally
worked: I didn't use the autoload init (extension) that comes with the
CMS (INIT version 6.0.3) and I mounted the drive using SCSI Probe version 3.
This fooled the Mac into thinking that the removable cartridge was fixed
and allowed me to allocate VM space on it. I just restarted and things went
smoothly.
This trick does not work if you have the drive mount during startup, the Mac
realizes that it's removable. I don't know if this is an idiosyncracy of the
CMS drive or if it will work with any SCSI Probe/Syquest combination.
I am going to get a fresh cartridge to have a nice big 42Mb VM space...
I'd appreciate any comments if this is a dangerous or otherwise unhygeinic
trick to play.
Regards
Malcolm
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Malcolm Pradhan _--_|\
Medical Computing, Faculty of Medicine / \
University of Adelaide, South Australia \_.--._/
InterNet: mpradhan@f.adelaide.edu.au v
Fax: + 618 223 2076ireland@ac.dal.ca (06/06/91)
In article <1991Jun6.202534.1@f.adelaide.edu.au>, mpradhan@f.adelaide.edu.au writes: > > Hello all, > > I recently installed Sys 7.0, I have an internal HD and a CMS Syquest drive. > I read a few reports how it was not possible to use the removable HD for > virtual memory, but I remember doing this with b4 without much trouble. > > To get Sys 7.0 to use a removable HD for VM was a bit tricky but it finally > worked: I didn't use the autoload init (extension) that comes with the > CMS (INIT version 6.0.3) and I mounted the drive using SCSI Probe version 3. > This fooled the Mac into thinking that the removable cartridge was fixed > and allowed me to allocate VM space on it. I just restarted and things went > smoothly. > > This trick does not work if you have the drive mount during startup, the Mac > realizes that it's removable. I don't know if this is an idiosyncracy of the > CMS drive or if it will work with any SCSI Probe/Syquest combination. > > I am going to get a fresh cartridge to have a nice big 42Mb VM space... > > I'd appreciate any comments if this is a dangerous or otherwise unhygeinic > trick to play. > > Regards > Malcolm > _________________________________________________________________ > Malcolm Pradhan _--_|\ > Medical Computing, Faculty of Medicine / \ > University of Adelaide, South Australia \_.--._/ > InterNet: mpradhan@f.adelaide.edu.au v > Fax: + 618 223 2076 Great tip! I got VM working on my APS Syquest drive. It's quite a bit slower than VM on my internal Quantum 105, but seems to work OK. Keith Conover ireland@ac.dal.ca