The first thing to understand is that a basic
All will become clear.
If you have ever changed the icon to your Work and
This guide assumes you already have a customisable
The image here shows a basic RAM icon I created
Checking the information on your RAM icon shows
If you have a customisable RAM icon in your RAM
Can I repeat if no 'Disk.info' exists simply copy
Anything you place in RAM vanishes when you reboot
This is what the icon looks like in Dopus.
So how does the icon appear on the Workbench.
The first line says copy an icon from storage
I'm getting ahead of myself. First thing to do
First up check the Information from the Workbench.
Also check in DOpus.
Next navigate to the 'user-startup' and check
The RAM icon is simply stored in the System main drive
OK by hook or by crook or what ever means you
Next fire up a text editor like CED .. CygnusED.
Locate the line that identifies the RAM icon..
And rename it so that the RamIcon you want to
It is sensible to rename all your various RAM
Reboot and like magic you now have a different icon.
Use IconEdit to tweak or redesign your icon.
Or maybe go all the way and use Iconian.
Now we are talking.
Personally I customise all my icons but have
Icons are fun. So have fun with icons.
ScuzzBlog: Diaries June 2024
Entry 25th June 2024: Post 1: Amiga Workbench - Customise the RAM icon.
Amiga Workbench - Customise the RAM icon.
Ever wanted to change the look of your RAM icon well let me show
you how with this nerdy guide that will have you smashing your
head into your computer monitor, not unlike a RAM.
Amiga Workbench - Customise the RAM icon.
Workbench installation does not have a Ram icon
that you can edit. Drives require a disk icon which
is called 'Disk.info'. The RAM drawer does not
contain this. It can be created by using IconEdit
in Tools, saving as a 'disk' under the menu Icon Type.
Workbench icons you have modified the 'Disk.info'
file. All drives have the 'Disk.info' file which
is the icon for the drive. The RAM drive is no
different , except for there to be one you have
to assign a RAM icon image from your storage.
RAM icon to work with. If not you will need to
reverse engineer what I say to create your own
using IconEdit in your Tools drawer. When saving
a Disk icon save the file as 'Disk' from the Type.
that it is a volume just like your Workbench/Work.
directory it will appear as Disk.info. Clicking it
gives the same information as on the Workbench menu.
any 'Disk.Info' from another volume or make your own
using IconEdit.
to make it stay there you have to call it up from the
'user-startup'.
To find out we interrogate the 'user-startup' in S.
to RAM renaming it as Disk.info.
is find a suitable RAM icon that you would like
to use. I found this very crude and simple RAM
icon on another system to show how we do this.
where that RAM icon is stored.
or Workbench drive and is called RamIcon.info. The
icon is renamed when loaded vis 'user-startup'.
use to copy stuff copy the desired icon to the
storage drawer on your main machine.
use is the one that is transferred to RAM on boot
and becomes 'Disk.info' in RAM.
icon files in storage so you know what they are.
You can name them what you like, remembering you
have to edit your 'user-startup' to the name you use.
never actually ever shown any of them on the
site. I'm quite particular about never sharing
images of my systems.
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