Now
drag
Notepad
(or
the tool
of
your choice) into the RAM disk window.
The
tool
is
duplicated and the icon
is
reproduced
in
the RAM disk.
Now
open the tool from the RAM disk window. Notice how quickly the tool is
loaded and ready to use.
If you want to use
eLI
(rather than Workbench) to access the tool
in
RAM,
remember
to specify RAM:
in
the pathname,
or
you will end up using the
original version
of
the tool rather than the copy
in
the RAM disk.
The
RAM disk
is
as large as it needs to be; the more tools and information you
place
in
it, the larger
it
gets. However, try not to put more than you will actually
use
in
the RAM disk, since the memory for the RAM disk
is
taken from the
system, and the loss
of
memory available to the system slows down the
Amiga's
operation. Basically, the larger the RAM disk, the less memory there is for
running things.
To
delete anything from the RAM disk, use the
eLI
command
DELETE
. For
example,
DELETE RAM:Notepad
and
DELETE RAM:Notepad.info
will remove Notepad from the RAM disk.
The
RAM disk stays activated until the Amiga
is
turned
off
or
reset.
Changing the Startup-Sequence
When you
power
up
or
reset the
Amiga,
eLI
issues a series
of
commands
to set
up the screen. This
is
known as the Startup-Sequence. If you feel comfortable
using
eLI,
you can
change
the Startup-Sequence to suit your needs. For exam-
ple, you might find it
convenient
if the
Amiga
started up with the RAM disk
already activated, and perhaps a tool loaded into RAM .
Note: If you
change
the Startup-Sequence, make sure you are changing a
copy
of
Workbench, and not the original Workbench disk.
This
operation
is
not recom-
mended for
someone
who
does
not really understand using CLI .
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AmigaDOS
and the
eLI
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