grant centauri said : > > 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?
yes and yes. > > > 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. There is also a Django based web builder that some people started for Debian Live, I assume it could tweaked to work so that people could generate a customized Puredyne based on several components to choose from. But would it be really worth it? The remix stuff is a bit more handy though, I had started something like that in make-live-blabla... you could make a new USB key based on the current Puredyne running, it would not take into account your local changes, but that's trivial to add. a. -- http://su.kuri.mu --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
