>On Friday, Jan 3, 2003, at 00:38 Europe/London, Marten van de Kraats >wrote: > >> It depends on your definition of disk-less. One can use a shared >> disk of another computer for instance, and load a system folder and >> applications from that shared disk to a ram disk on one's 'disk-less' >> compact. That too is possible with system 6 and ram disk. > >True, I didn't that of that, and for you to be able to do anything >useful in UNIX u need a network, DING. That is a good point. You just >need a IIci with remote boot support and a shared drive with System 6 >and the necessary tools to load the 124MB image into the RAM (which >might take a while so hard rebooting might not be too practical!).
Why a IICI? And you don't need any necessary tools on it. You only need to have a shared drive containing system 6 and the applications you want to load (max 124 MB) >The >next problem you confront is writing the data BACK to the shared drive >at shutdown! The ram disk utility will deal with that too! Marten -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Check out the System 6 Heaven: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html Subscribe to the LEM system6 list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------- -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
