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 Room 203 Machinery Hall Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 13244 315-443-5779 rgrimsha@xxxxxxx >>> mindwave@xxxxxxxxxx 1/9/2007 11:38:36 AM >>> 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_1/104-3273965-8635943 that includes info on rolling your own Fedora install. My copy should be here next week. j ----- Original Message ----- From: Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2007 10:45 am Subject: Running the OS in RAM To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > 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 > > http://what-is-what.com/what_is/wikipedia.html > http://dotancohen.com/terriblefile/index.php > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
