Re: Running the OS in RAM

[Randy Grimshaw]

an FYI chime in that only belongs on a fedora list because it may serve
as an example

I have never seen the thing but Mandriva sells their OS on a 2GB flash
http://www.mandriva.com/en/individuals/products/node_3482

gnewsense.org has a live CD / USB try and install feature, and they
also have
a simillar series of scripts for moving certain portions into memory.

<><Randy

<><Randall Grimshaw
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There is a gal in .NL that has developed her own 'live' version of
Mandriva, more than that she has developed a way to load the whole thing
onto a USB flash disk.
if THAT wasnt impressive enough, she has developed a series of scripts
that you can execute at boot that copies the entire thing to ram.
I'm using her information to see if there is a way to either use
Xandros in the same manner or load the whole thing onto a 120gb poscket
drive.
Whats this have to do w/ anything? Yes i do believe this is possible.
Take a look at www.mcnlive.org for more information.
as much as li appreciate fedora and Xandros, this has me REALLY looking
at Mandriva again.
However what I am struggling with is duplicating my desktop, which has
PAN, GIMP,GAIM, THUNDERBIRD,FIREFOX etc. on it. THOSE tend to bloat the
whole package OVER the ideal of 500MB.
I think her idea is that if you keep the load under 500mb you really
can load it on almost any contemporary pc , copy it to ram and then run
with it. Me i'm more interested in taking my desktop with me, than in
the speed of running to ram.
Now a COOL offshoot would be to develop a method that would load the OS
ONLY to ram and keep the apps on the flash drive. But thats beyond me
(maybe).
There is also a really food book called Linux Live Cd's
http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0132432749/ref=s9_asin_image_1/104-3273965-8635...

that includes info on rolling your own Fedora install. My copy should
be here next week.

j

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dotan Cohen  
Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2007 10:45 am 
Subject: Running the OS in RAM 
To: For users of Fedora
> I've seen how Knoppix can be run with the whole OS in RAM. The thing
> is _fast_. I'll soon be getting a laptop with 2GB RAM- quadruple the
> amount of RAM that I've used to run Knoppix in. Can I have Fedora run
> with the whole OS in RAM like Knoppix? I want a hard-drive install, 
> but I want to take advantage of all the RAM that machine has.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dotan Cohen
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Running the OS in RAM

[Dotan Cohen]

On 09/01/07, Randy Grimshaw  wrote:
> an FYI chime in that only belongs on a fedora list because it may serve
> as an example
>
> I have never seen the thing but Mandriva sells their OS on a 2GB flash
> http://www.mandriva.com/en/individuals/products/node_3482

People have installed Fedora on USB drives. I've seen it discussed
here on the list.
> gnewsense.org has a live CD / USB try and install feature, and they
> also have
> a simillar series of scripts for moving certain portions into memory.

Ah, those scripts are what is interesting. It'd be interesting to see
how they work on a hard-drive based install.

Dotan Cohen

http://technology-sleuth.com/question/how_can_i_be_safe_online.html
http://slashedot.org

Running the OS in RAM

[dexter]

On Wed January 10 2007 06:48, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> People have installed Fedora on USB drives. I've seen it discussed
> here on the list.

try here for latest fedora efforts.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-livecd-list/

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Running the OS in RAM

[Dotan Cohen]

On 10/01/07, dexter  wrote:
> On Wed January 10 2007 06:48, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > People have installed Fedora on USB drives. I've seen it discussed
> > here on the list.
>
> try here for latest fedora efforts.
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-livecd-list/

I'm not trying to create a LiveCD. I want to continue using a
hard-drive install, however I want the OS and desktop environment (not
the applications such as OOo, firefox, etc.) to be stored in RAM for
faster access. The machine has 2Gb of RAM.

Dotan Cohen

http://what-is-what.com/what_is/sitepoint.html
http://technology-sleuth.com/short_answer/what_is_a_firewall.html