On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 02:23:21PM -0500, Dave Erickson wrote: > [...] can a person load an entire OS into RAM from the HDD > or network and then use a sync program to write updates to the disk but > actually run the whole thing in ram? Distros like LEAF (leaf.sourceforge.net) load the filesystem into memory like that. It's not for a speed increase, but more for the benefit of loading the OS off of a read-only source, either floppy or CD. Then if the system is cracked a reboot will restore it to the original clean state. Also, less energy should be required as you can spin down the floppy or cd drive once you're done booting. -Steve _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list