> You can already test it by editing the boot entry and pass the option > "toram", then you'll get the whole compressed system loaded into the RAM > before it gets mounted. >
i'll have to test that out. is this a feature of initramfs? would a standard debian live system be able to do the same with a simple boot option? > > One idea is this: if it is possible, provide an interface so the user > can > > select certain parts of the system to load into RAM at boot, somewhat > like a > > session manager. Its doubtful everything needs to be loaded for most > > people. Is this even doable? I've only just started reading about > loading > > system components to RAM. > > I doubt you can with live-initramfs, but maybe there is something to be > investigated in the neighborhood of /etc/live.conf. You can create extra > compressed modules to put in /live/ and ask the system to mount them. So > you could break down your OS in a base live system and extra modules. > AFAICT there is no way to tell it that you want the modules loaded into > RAM though, you would have to add this feature. > well, it was just a thought. perhaps somewhere in the future, though for people with newer machines and excess ram, it won't make much of a difference. probably easier for someone to just remaster a puredyne-live CD with the software they want, make it smaller, and load all that to ram.
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