On 12/20/2010 12:28 AM, C wrote:
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 21:24, Bernhard M. Wiedemann wrote:
On 2010-12-19 15:03, wrote Vahis:
I have always quite liked a boot option in DamnSmallLinux: toram
When you boot the live system "toram" the whole system is runs only in RAM.
It's unbelievably fast (even in a 200 MHz box with 128 MB RAM).
I wonder if this could be implemented in openSUSE Live?
Vahis
Since normal openSUSE LiveCDs are 700MB (instead of 50MB) plus overlay-writing and apps need some more RAM, that might need more than 1GB of RAM to work, which would limit the usefulnes.
Errr... OK, but.. I'm sure that Vahis didn't mean that he wanted to run a 700MB openSUSE iso in 128Mb of RAM... it was just an example from DSL
All machines sold today have at least 1 GB (they have Windows). Beginners would be amazed by the speed of Linux in their machine. The Live media boot script could even sniff the amount of RAM and give a suggestion to boot to RAM if there's enough. Or perhaps even just go ahead and do it plus propose to make a SWAP file in the user space. This would be a great thing both for beginners who want to try Linux and for advanced users as a tool. Vahis -- http://waxborg.servepics.com openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) 2.6.34.7-0.5-default -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org