Re: Ram Card
mikesell (mikesell@macatawa.com)
Thu, 15 Aug 1996 21:14:26 -0400
GWSteve@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 96-08-13 12:17:03 EDT, towells@vrinet.com (Steve Towell)
> writes:
>
> << Please excuse my ignorance in this area, I recently picked up a 2mb
> Ram card for my omnigo100. I have since attempted to install programs
> to it using installer (Pocket Quicken and OmniDraw for example). When
> the programs are installed, they do not show up as icons on the main
> screen. It has been my experience that only items stored in native
> ram will show up there. How in the he** do I use the programs
> mentioned before that were installed.
>
> It would seem that if I swapped or copied them into native memory
> everything would work fine, seems like a lot of work in BMS File
> Manager. I also experimented with copying files like the note pad,
> some spreadsheets and some databases over to the ram card. Again, the
> apps that use them cannot find them. Any suggestions?? Please feel
> free to direct me to an FAQ if this is covered, or another place to
> read up on possibilities.
> >>
>
> The card must contain a mirror of the Geos directory structure, and the
> files must be placed in the correct subdirectories on the card.
>
> C:\GEOWORKS
> \DOCUMENT (documents must be here)
> \WORLD (applications must be here)
> \USERDATA
> \BOOKS (Book Reader source files usually go here)
> \HELP (help files for apps go here)
> \PRIVDATA
> and so on.
>
> If you format the card in the OmniGo, it creates the directory structure for
> you.
>
> Steve
I'm have the same problem. Installer put several books into
c:\geoworks\document. The bookreader couldn't find them. I then moved
them to c:\geoworks\userdata\BOOKS and they still couldn't find them.
What am I doing wrong?
Dan