Yeah, if there is enough RAM then (at least the LiveCD) the OS in full can be put into RAM. Disk access is god slow compared to RAM so if we can get the RAM off the slow media then the system will BLAZE as the drive will never be accessed, this will however mean the selected contents of the system due to be in RAM will need copying (either all at once or as it is needed) to the RAM for future use.
Puppy has a cheat code to simply copy the OS from the CD in this way and make it incredibly fast, at 80Mb for the ISO this can also be done on old systems and they will run very well. On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:31 PM, C David Rigby <[email protected]>wrote: > On Monday 24,May,2010 08:25 PM, Andrew Woodhead wrote: > > I'm kinda up for a "Run the whole OS in RAM". like puppy has if its THAT > small. Who's with me. There is a guide on this which I intend to use in my > next system / this laptop if I get bored. > > To what guide are you referring? Load the OS into a ramdisk? > > Cheers > David > > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Leszek Lesner <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Am 24.05.2010 07:06, schrieb [email protected]: >> >> How much GB of disk space(including swap) does a full install of >> lubuntu-10.04 use if installing from the lubuntu-10.04.iso CD? 2GB? 3GB? >> >> Does lubuntu-10.04 include the HPLIP driver for HP printers? If so, what >> version of HPLIP is it? HPLIP 3.10.5? >> >> Thanks >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> <https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> <https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> If you have more then 1 GB RAM you don't neccessarly need a SWAP >> partition. >> If you don't consider double the RAM size to use for SWAP. >> >> Lubuntu uses about 1.5 GB of space right after installation. So the >> minimum space you need is 2 GB I would say. >> I recommened 4 to 5 GB to have it running good and be able to install >> additional software + personal data. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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