lubuntu and ramdisk

[Aere Greenway]

I suspect there is more to it than just running.  With the live CD/DVD,
everything you do is discarded on shut-down.  I suspect (but don't know)
that "puppy linux" has some way of preserving the changes on shutdown.  

- Aere

On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 13:54 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:

> On 08/10/2012 01:41 PM, Sa On wrote:
> > A key feature of puppy linux is that the entire system (once booted)
> > runs off the ramdisk.   Question:  Is it possible to implement
> > something like this in lubuntu?
> >
> 
> What makes a live cd/dvd "live" is that it runs from ram.
> The lubuntu ISO is a live cd.
> Therefore, what you want has already been implemented.
> 
> > I'm posting because I'm curious -- I don't really understand how
> > ramdisk works (in terms of implementation and in relation to OS) and
> > I'm hoping that someone knowledgeable could shed some light on this.
> > Of course feel free to actually implement this (and let everyone knows
> 
> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+do+linux+live+cds+work
> 
> -- 
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> are not allowed to buy, then those people are not competent
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> 


-- 

Sincerely,
Aere
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