Re: New Knoppix

[jd1008 <jd1008@gmail.com>]

On 02/03/2016 02:21 PM, John Culleton wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 09:47:54 -0700
> jd1008 <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.