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Can you boot an operating system into RAM disk and how?

Fresh6 days ago
Mar 15, 202610665 views
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I would like to know whether and how you can setup a computer to boot into RAM. I have 16GB of DDR3 1600MHz RAM. Could it be done in Windows? If not, maybe in a light version of Unix? You'd have to get a bit of background: I've built a high spec computer. In Windows Index it is 7.5 + for all but th…

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You may want to give KNOPPIX linux a try: Knoppix is a Live Linux CD / Live DVD based on Debian GNU/Linux Specially the boot option toram At the boot prompt, type "knoppix toram". Knoppix will load the contents of the CD into ram and run from there.…

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