barber@jazz.concert.net (Scott Barber) (04/30/91)
A while back I posted a query after having problems booting from the recoverable ram drive (RAD:). I had followed the Enhancer SW manual's startup script carefully, and RAD: was getting set up ok (including the ASSIGNs to WB directories on RAD:, etc.), but it just wouldn't warm-boot from RAD: . 2 or 3 of you gave me some immediate suggestions, which were so convincing, I "C"ancelled my post before testing (which is why many of you may not have read the post). Anyway, at the good ol' Triangle Amiga User's group meeting on Sunday here in Chapel Hill, some folks who remembered past posts on c.s.a suggested including an "r" switch on the SETPATCH command in the startup-sequence. Gee, I don't know why I didn't think of that.... 8-O Well, it worked! Something about getting memory pointers set correctly or something. Anyway, I thought this might be worth posting, since some other poor soul who hasn't read c.s.a. forever may not think of "SETPATCH r" either! And now I'm living in relative independence from disk swapping AND from some of the anxiety of the GURU, since rebooting takes a mere 25 seconds or so, instead of about 4 minutes! And thanks to those of you who sent suggestions on this. I learned something from all of them. Scott Barber barber@jazz.concert.net