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potatis

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,13:40

one of the pics on the main page says "playing a music CD while running in RAM"..
Is it possible to put the entire DSL in RAM, and is any extra program needed for that? Is DSL moved from the hard drive to RAM every time you boot (and the opposite when you shut down?) or how does it work?

mpie

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,13:46

THe to ram is for live disk users at the boot screen f2 .........to ram option...... not requiered by HD users no benefit

chibiace

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,14:33

mmm i would have thought there would be a slight speed benefit. ram is faster then harddrives isnt it. though there is no point doing it.

mpie

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,14:40

Quote (chibiace @ Aug. 09 2004,10:33)

mmm i would have thought there would be a slight speed benefit. ram is faster then harddrives isnt it. though there is no point doing it.

Yes quite right!!!!! my point was it's not an option HD users have as you dont get the boot options............. and you dont need to do it to play cd only live disk users with only one drive.....