Re: New Knoppix
Hello JD,
On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 02:30:17PM -0500, JD wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 6:00 PM, jd1008 <[1]jd1008@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 02/03/2016 03:44 PM, NS wrote:
>
> Are you aware of the 'toram' cheatcode? Copies Knoppix to RAM and runs
> it from there.
>
> I note that this is one of the advantages of the CD version over DVD -
> being smaller, you can use 'toram' on computers that don't have huge
> amounts of RAM, such as older machines that many of us still mantain,
> and copying to RAM doesn't take long so it is feasible to use it this
> way routinely.
>
> On Thu, 4 Feb 2016, at 09:34, jd1008 wrote:
>
> On 02/03/2016 02:21 PM, John Culleton wrote:
>
> On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 09:47:54 -0700
> jd1008 <[2]jd1008@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I echo Jim for the latest release.
> Wanted to ask: Is there a way to increase the
> speed?
>
> One way I have been thinking of applies to
> systems with lots of ram - like 32GB and higher.
> What I was thinking of is to loadthe whole
> system into a carved out chunk of ram (ramdisk)
> and mount the ramdisk as /
>
> What do you think of that idea?
>
> On 01/31/2016 05:56 PM, Jim Pritchett wrote:
>
> Klaus,
> Thank you for the new releases.
> Jim
>
> one of the features of Knoppix is to load the
> entire system onto a hard disk location. This
> will in some cases speed up running time.
>
> True - but the benefit of a live DVD disappears.
> What benefit is that?
> After you reboot, there is no history left anywhere on
> DVD or on RAM disk.
> Ponder that carefully.
>
> Yes, but you lose a lot of tools and programs that are needed.
> Thus, I mentioned the DVD.
>
> Update:
>
> Using toram ened up using�6100352KiB of RAM.
> I still have oodles of RAM for apps.
> Everything loads up lightning fast, EXCEPT for
> the browser. It still take many seconds to load up -
> like almost 30 seconds. THAT is DISMAL!!!
Could it be that your ISPs name resolving is extremely slow?
If you have NO internet connection, iceweasel starts in about 4-8 seconds
and won't check for plugin/malware-sites etc updates.
If you have a GOOD internet connection, iceweasel starts in about 4-8
seconds and checks for updates, which are then installed in background.
If you have a "special" internet setup that keeps the browser from
correctly resolving names, or blocks connections to update servers for
checks, this may be the only case which would explain such a slow
startup. For this setup, you may want to disable all "check for
updates" features in iceweasels settings, including the malware site
protection database and all probably the engines listes on the startup
page.
> Someone needs to profile that beast to see what in tarnation it is doing!!
You could use the iptraf monitor so see what kind of connections
iceweasel tries on startup. Also, try with "network disabled" setting in
network-manager, so iceweasel does not even attempt DNS lookups.
Regards
-Klaus
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