RAM disk

A little used and relatively new feature is the RAM disk, which allows for the use of physical RAM as the storage for a file system.

Softwarecan "partition" a portion of a computer's RAM, allowing it to act as a much faster hard drive that is called a RAM disk.

This file, like the traditional Linux boot process, is invoked when the initrd image is decompressed into the RAM disk.

It does not contain a graphical user interface (GUI) and boots by default as a RAM disk; thus any changes you make are lost when you unplug.

Depending on which version of Linux you're running, the method for creating the initial RAM disk can vary.

Testing the rebuild times did, however, show dramatic improvement when the view_rebuild_dir parameter pointed to a RAM disk.

The initrd is also useful as a non-persistent root file system mounted in a RAM disk for embedded Linux systems.

The initrd image is actually a RAM disk that contains a small file system with basic configuration files, binaries, libraries, and drivers.

You can then migrate this _install directory into your target environment when building a floppy distribution or embedded initial RAM disk.

At this point, the only conclusion we can draw is that RAM disk can dramatically affect view rebuilds, when they occur.

I recommend building and installing your new kernel, modules, and RAM disk setup now to make sure things are working as expected.

access to a RAM disk is very fast but the data it contains is lost when the system is turned off.

These resources can include random access memory (RAM), disk space, and processor resources.

After the kernel mounts the RAM disk, it searches for an init file to execute.

RAM Disk A simulated disk drive whose data is actually stored in RAM. Preserved over warm resets.

Also of note, having the view_rebuild_dir Notes. ini parameter use a RAM disk showed an overall gain.

With the second-stage boot loader in RAM, the Linux kernel image and the initial RAM disk image (initrd) are loaded into RAM.

The task at this stage is to load the Linux kernel and optional initial RAM disk.

Unless the memory used is non-volatile, a RAM disk loses the stored data when the computer is shut down.

After about five more seconds, the panic module will be executed from RAM disk while the physical disk heads are still parked.

The same test was run using a RAM disk file system to show the difference in speed.

The initial RAM disk (initrd) is an initial root file system that is mounted prior to when the real root file system is available.

The mkintrd command is used to create an initial RAM disk image.

Note that you can back indexing by many different sources, for example, a RAM disk.

Moved mail. box(es) (each DPAR had six) to a RAM disk

RAM disk root file system (ramdisk. gz)

Loading a RAM disk at boot time