What’s a RAM Disk? To create a RAM disk, you would install a third-party program that creates a virtual drive in Windows. This program would reserve a section of your RAM — so if you had 4 GB of files in your RAM disk, the disk would take up 4 GB of RAM. All the files on your disk would be stored in your RAM. However, do not forget that your computer does not have as much of RAM as your disk space and that you will lose the data placed on the new volume when you restart it. So, be careful when using it! Version 3.6.12: Minor UI Improvements. Intel, 64-bit processor; OS X 10.6.6 or later.
It allows to create a Swap file on flash drive or SD card which write speed is much faster than HDD. This feature is used in a recent Windows 10 builds too, so let’s take a closer look on its advantages and disadvantages. Proxifier 2 26 full. Advantages of ReadyBoost. Ability to increase your machine performance without adding additional or new RAM modules. IRamDisk 3.5 – Create a RAM disk. April 9, 2015 iRamDisk uses a part of your RAM to create a new volume shown as an ordinary drive that can be mounted and used independently in your Finder. Halla – 1) A RAM Disk is much faster than an SSD. 2) RAM Disk software takes a portion of your RAM and presents it as a Drive to the OS, so it looks and acts just like any other hard drive you have in your systems, except way faster. 3) Install RAMDisk (WinRamTech) 4) They are 2 different things. More of both is good!
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iRamDisk 3.5.1
Description
iRamDisk uses a part of your RAM to create a new volume shown as an ordinary drive that can be mounted and used independently in your Finder.
Since the access time to these datas is way more faster than usual (it can reach over 10 times of the normal speed for some configuration), it lets you do some things you would not be able to realize with a classic hard drive (along with relieving your internal one) such as getting a writing speed amazingly fast or moving the temporary files of some apps (Safari, Xcode,…) over it when you want to optimize their own access time along with minimizing the impact of these files on your SSD. Docxtor 1 6 0 – convert your documents.
However, do not forget that your computer does not have as much of RAM as your disk space and that you will lose the data placed on the new volume when you restart it. So, be careful when using it!
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• Bug Fixes.
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Puppy Linux 5.10 desktop running in RAM
This is a list of Linux distributions that can be run entirely from a computer's RAM. That ability allows them to be very fast, since reading and writing data from/to RAM is much faster than on a hard disk drive or solid state drive. Many of these operating systems will load from a removable media such as a Live CD or a Live USB stick. A 'frugal' install can also often be completed, allowing loading from a hard disk drive instead.
This feature is implemented in live-initramfs and allows the user to run a live distro that does not run from ram by default by adding
toram
to the kernel boot parameters.[1]Additionally some distributions can be configured to run from RAM, such as Ubuntu using the toram option included in the Casper scripts.[2]
Iramdisk 3 5 – Create A Ram Disk Drive
Table[edit]
Distribution | Based on | RAM required | installation drive/required size |
---|---|---|---|
Alpine Linux[3][4] | Independent | base system uses less than 64 MB | CD – USB flash drive – HDD |
antiX Linux[5] | Debian | 256 MB | CD – USB flash drive – HDD |
AUSTRUMI[6] | Slackware | less than 100 MB | CD – DVD – USB flash drive |
CoreOS[7] | Independent | 2048 MB | USB flash drive – HDD |
Damn Small Linux[8] | Knoppix | 128 MB | CD – USB flash drive – HDD |
Grml[9] | Debian | 256 MB (required), 512 MB (or more, recommended) | CD – USB flash drive – HDD |
Kanotix[10] | Debian & Knoppix | 1024 MB | CD – DVD – USB flash drive – HDD |
Knoppix[11] | Debian | 1024 MB | CD – DVD – USB flash drive – HDD |
Lightweight Portable Security (LPS)[12] currently known as Trusted End Node Security (TENS)[13] | Thinstation | 1024 MB (basic), 1.5 GB (deluxe) | CD – USB flash drive |
Macpup[14] | Puppy | 164 MB | CD – USB flash drive |
Nanolinux[15] | Tiny Core Linux | 64 MB[16] | CD – DVD – USB flash drive – HDD |
Parted Magic[17] | Independent | 175 MB – 312 MB | CD – DVD – USB flash drive – HDD |
PCLinuxOS[18] | Mandriva | 1024 MB | CD – DVD – USB flash drive – HDD |
Porteus[19] | Slackware | 512 MB | CD – DVD – USB flash drive |
Puppy Linux[20] | Independent | 64 MB (required), 256 MB (recommended)[21] | CD – DVD – USB flash drive – HDD |
Slax[22] | Debian | 512 MB | CD – DVD – USB flash drive – HDD |
SliTaz[23] | Independent | 192 MB (48 MB for base) | CD – DVD – USB flash drive – HDD[24] – Floppy disk[25] |
SystemRescueCD[26] | Arch Linux | 400 MB | CD – DVD – USB flash drive – HDD |
Tails[27] | Debian | 2048 MB (recommended) | DVD – USB flash drive – Secure Digital |
Tin Hat Linux[28] | Hardened Gentoo | 4096 MB | |
Tiny SliTaz[29] | SliTaz | 4 MB | CD – DVD – USB flash drive – HDD – Floppy disk |
Tiny Core Linux[30] | Independent | 46 MB[30] | HDD – CD |
See also[edit]
- tmpfs; by mounting a tmpfs and running files that are placed on this, files and programs can be run from RAM, even on Linux distros that do not run completely in RAM
- Clustered file system; network file systems are another way to avoid needing to use a (slow) harddisk (at least faster if using a E-IDE harddisk)
- initrd ('initial ramdisk'), a scheme for loading a temporary root file system into memory in the boot process of the Linux kernel.
- SYSLINUX, a suite of lightweight IBM PC MBR bootloaders for starting up computers with the Linux kernel.
- Windows PE, a non-Linux operating system that can also be run from RAM.
References[edit]
- ^'Re: Debian live entirely in RAM?'.
- ^Ubuntu Wiki (13 November 2014). 'Booting Ubuntu To RAM'. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^'Alpine Linux 2 review - LinuxBSDos.com'. linuxbsdos.com. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^'Alpine Linux:Overview – Alpine Linux'. alpinelinux.org. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^'The Most Extensive Live-usb on the Planet!'. antixlinux.com. antixlinux. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^'AUSTRUMI'. latgola.lv. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^'Boot on Bare Metal with PXE'. coreos.com. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^'DSL information'. damnsmalllinux.org. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^[www.grml.org/team/], the Grml team. 'grml.org – Debian Live system / CD for sysadmins and texttool-users'. grml.org. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^kanotix.com. 'kanotix.com :: GNU Linux Live system based on Debian, optimized for HD-install and high performance'. kanotix.com. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^'Knoppix Cheatcodes – USB Pen Drive Linux'. pendrivelinux.com. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^LPS Main PageArchived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^'Trusted End Node Security'. Distrowatch.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^'Macpup – The beauty of Linux'. macpup.org. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^'Nanolinux Download'. softpedia.com. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^'Nanolinux'. sourceforge.net. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^Parted Magic – About
- ^'PCLinuxOS Magazine – HTML'. pclosmag.com. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^'Cheatcodes – what they are and how to use them – Porteus – Portable Linux'. porteus.org. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^DistroWatch. 'DistroWatch.com: Puppy Linux'. distrowatch.com. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^'PuppyLinux: MinimumSystemRequirements'. Puppy Linux Wiki. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^'Documentation – Slax Linux'. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ^'SliTaz'. slitaz.org. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^'SliTaz installation'. slitaz.org. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^Contributors, SliTaz. 'SliTaz Boot Floppies'. slitaz.org. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^'SystemRescueCd'. sysresccd.org. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^'Tails – Privacy for anyone anywhere'. boum.org. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^'Tin Hat - opensource.dyc.edu'. dyc.edu. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^Contributors, SliTaz. 'Tiny SliTaz – Builder'. slitaz.org. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ abShingledecker, Robert. 'Frequently Asked Questions'. Tiny Core Linux Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). Retrieved 28 September 2016.
An absolute minimum of RAM is 46mb. TC won't boot with anything less. .. Microcore runs with 28mb of ram.
External links[edit]
- Using a liveCD as your Linux Desktop at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 February 2013)
Iramdisk 3 5 – Create A Ram Disk Capacity
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