I have the 2nd edition. He devotes many pages to it. The caveats are Never shut down the PowerBook--only restart it. if you have a system crash, press the Reset button...On a full size PowerBook, this involves sticking a toothpick or pin into a tiny hole in the back. ...when you return to the desktop, your RAM disk will still be safe. ...[don't] be reckless...every hour or so, [be sure] you save your document and then return to the Finder and drag-copy your RAM disk-based document back onto the hard drive. Paranoia pay s in the computer world. Donna Pointer-- iMac, ergo iAm
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) > Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 14:05:08 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) > Subject: PowerBooks Digest #1059 > > t: Re: Souping Up My PB 190: RAM Startup Disk > Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 13:06:30 -0800 > > I'm intrigued by the suggestion of using the apple disk image as the base of > a ramdisk system. > > Does anyone have a copy of Pogue's instructions from Power Mac Secrets 5 on > making a stripped-down 7.6 ramdisk system? I'd be interested to see how the > procedures compare. > > Tom Barclay -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:powerbooks@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:powerbooks-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:powerbooks-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
