RAD Ain't Recovering
Bob Dickow
come back but none of the files saved to it prior to a reboot are
there...the 'disk' is blank. This is not a recoverable ram disk in
my book. Has anyone figured this one out?
Bob Dickow (dic...@crow.csrv.uidaho.edu)
Russell Donaldson
: Now with WB 2.1 running on my 2000 the recoverable ram disk RAD: will
: come back but none of the files saved to it prior to a reboot are
: there...the 'disk' is blank. This is not a recoverable ram disk in
: my book. Has anyone figured this one out?
I have an A500 Rev 6, WB2.1 with 2.04 Rom.
RAD: works exactly as it should, with all files copied to it present, either
as Icons if present, or by RMB <WINDOW> <Show> <ALL FILES> ,after rebooting.
Have you FORMATTED RAD: and copied the relevant files before rebooting ?
The standard mountlist entry [for RAD:] in Devs is as follows -
/* This is an example of a mount list entry for using the recoverable
ram disk. Depending on the amount of memory you wish to devote to
it, you may want to change the HighCyl value.
*/
RAD: Device = ramdrive.device
Unit = 0
Flags = 0
Surfaces = 2
BlocksPerTrack = 11
Reserved = 2
Interleave = 0
LowCyl = 0 ; HighCyl = 79
Buffers = 5
BufMemType = 1
#
IT does work !!
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Bob Dickow
: IT does work !!
Curious. I checked my setup again. It never works !! Mountlist in devs: and
dosdrivers are exactly as above. Rad comes back on reboot only if I request
a DIR from it, etc., but it has been zapped of all contents...always happens.
I'll keep looking for the problem and post any results. Can I be the only one
seeing this happen?
Bob Dickow (dic...@crow.csrv.uidaho.edu) (A2000 (4.3) with 2.4, 40MHz 68030,
12 Megs ram total (2 chip))
David Stimson
In a previous article, dic...@crow.csrv.uidaho.edu (Bob Dickow) says:
>: The standard mountlist entry [for RAD:] in Devs is as follows -
>
>: /* This is an example of a mount list entry for using the recoverable
>: ram disk. Depending on the amount of memory you wish to devote to
>: it, you may want to change the HighCyl value.
>: */
>
>: RAD: Device = ramdrive.device
>: Unit = 0
>: Flags = 0
>: Surfaces = 2
>: BlocksPerTrack = 11
>: Reserved = 2
>: Interleave = 0
>: LowCyl = 0 ; HighCyl = 79
>: Buffers = 5
>: BufMemType = 1
>: #
try adding:
BootPri = -128
Mount = 1
>Curious. I checked my setup again. It never works !! Mountlist in devs: and
>dosdrivers are exactly as above. Rad comes back on reboot only if I request
>a DIR from it, etc., but it has been zapped of all contents...always happens.
>
>I'll keep looking for the problem and post any results. Can I be the only one
>seeing this happen?
>
Also, make sure you're not reformatting it on reboot...
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Bob Dickow
: Bob Dickow (dic...@crow.csrv.uidaho.edu) wrote:
: : Now with WB 2.1 running on my 2000 the recoverable ram disk RAD: will
: : come back but none of the files saved to it prior to a reboot are
: : there...the 'disk' is blank. This is not a recoverable ram disk in
: : my book. Has anyone figured this one out?
: I have an A500 Rev 6, WB2.1 with 2.04 Rom.
: RAD: works exactly as it should, with all files copied to it present, either
: as Icons if present, or by RMB <WINDOW> <Show> <ALL FILES> ,after rebooting.
: Have you FORMATTED RAD: and copied the relevant files before rebooting ?
: The standard mountlist entry [for RAD:] in Devs is as follows -
(...standear C= text deleted here)
Interesting. Still, I checked everything, and mine never works, ever. The
RAD is always deleted, and does not put an icon back on the WB. I even
reinstalled from the 2.1 system disks. I have a GVP 40Mhz 68030, but
tried caches on, off, etc. and still no luck. I'm still working on this.
Bob Dickow (dic...@crow.csrv.uidaho)
Kenneth Fribert
> Interesting. Still, I checked everything, and mine never works, ever. The
> RAD is always deleted, and does not put an icon back on the WB. I even
> reinstalled from the 2.1 system disks. I have a GVP 40Mhz 68030, but
> tried caches on, off, etc. and still no luck. I'm still working on this.
Uhm, well I haven't seen the hole thread, but the answer is in the GVP.
I guess your rad is mounted in the GVP's mem, and that is not autoconfig.
The board add's it to the system later, and that is a no-no it you want a recovering rad.
As far as I can remember there is now way of doing it, except for mounting the RAD in the A2000's (that is what youve got right?) own memory.
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