[comp.sys.mac.system] Ramdisk + System7

s902113@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Luke Mewburn) (05/08/91)

Does anyone know of a ramdisk which can be used in system 7? The one i've
seen (RamDisk+) doesn't like to boot under multifinder, and apparantly
that is all system 7 is. So, any ideas/pointers?

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pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) (05/08/91)

In article <1991May7.234243.13437@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> s902113@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Luke Mewburn) writes:
>Does anyone know of a ramdisk which can be used in system 7? The one i've
>seen (RamDisk+) doesn't like to boot under multifinder, and apparantly
>that is all system 7 is. So, any ideas/pointers?

I have found that Technology Works 'NanoDisk II' works quite well with
System 7.0F2.  Nary a problem has been seen, though I have not abused it
much.  I don't save the disk contents to disk at shutdown, nor do I
reload at startup time, so I've not touched that functionality.
However, in general, it's fine.

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