[Duo2400] Re: [OT]: Things just Macs can do...;-)

[Scott Holder]

At 01:57 PM 4/5/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I keep seeing this on this list; how someone is using a Ram Disk to surf the
>web. Perhaps there is information in the archives that explains how to set
>this up or perhaps someone on the list might explain. All help is truly
>appreciated.
>Thanks
>Brad(RasAzul)

Unlike PCs, Mac's RAM disks are bootable and persistent as long as you only 
restart and don't shut down. Basic idea is to boot off something, copy (or 
even install) a system, set up whatever you want, then reboot off it. Works 
very quickly.

Incidentally, I ran a web server off a floppy and RAM disk on an LCIII for 
awhile. My original goal was a dual-floppy web server (I got one floppy 
bootable with MacTCP, a second with MacHTTP and files) but I ended up 
having a very hard time getting any Macs to both recognize two floppies and 
show an image. My LC worked, but LCs apparently don't work with VGA 
adapters and I don't have space for just a monitor for it.

Oddly enough, booting from RAM disks is one of the things that really 
impresses my PCish friends the most. It's also come in very handy for disk 
repairs on my Duo when I don't have another drive handy, though using the 
Disk First Aid from MacOS 8.6 has mostly alleviated that.

Scott Holder