Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pleroma.marchera-pas.fr/users/gantua" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gantua</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dalias</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://peoplemaking.games/@eniko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eniko</span></a></span> ideally you put <code>/home</code> elsewhere too as there's most likely more traffic going on.</p><ul><li>I think more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distros should.do it like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pfSense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pfSense</span></a> and support a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ramdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ramdisk</span></a>-first" mode</em>:</li></ul><p>Basically only permanent configuration changes will be written on disk!</p>
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>True, true...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> barely sips resources unless one explicitly works towards it (i.e. setting up a <em>big-ass</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ramdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ramdisk</span></a>!)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upXQQaDTuFM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=upXQQaDTuF</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsSucks</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrugalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrugalComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Efficiency</span></a></p>
.:\dGh/:.<p>One thing I give a lot of credit is /tmp.</p><p>In most Linux distributions, this folder is basically a "RAM Drive". You can put anything there, and then it's gone at restart. No need to install "RAM Drive" managers or what sort.</p><p>One thing I wonder is what would happen if you abuse it. Is there a way to limit how much "space" it can take before you're out of memory?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCHardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCHardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RAMMemory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAMMemory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RAMDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAMDisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RAMDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAMDrive</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@HoustonDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HoustonDog</span></a></span> and yes, I remember <a href="https://mastodon.world/@HoustonDog/113457150519905546" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">those</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WinPE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WinPE</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacks</span></a> with <code>rramdisk.sys</code> to make <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> run from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAMdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAMdisk</span></a>. </p><ul><li>In fact, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> literally does that when booting by loading itself into <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a>...<br></li></ul><p>The idea of using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROM</span></a> chips is to have something long-lasting that is designed to be read-only without mechanical parts and not trivial to fiddle with compared to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrives</span></a>.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>So yes, my <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113291458497638179" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mission goals</a> for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> hasn't changed in that I want it to be a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/useable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>useable</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terminal</span></a> on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/1440kB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1440kB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDD</span></a> image and having the option to expand from there on...</p><ul><li>A <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ramdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ramdisk</span></a>-only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> that allows one to easily connect to stuff and mount one's <code>/home/</code> directory is a way to go - espechally when said drive is a fully-encrypted <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Network</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BlockStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlockStorage</span></a>...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>At the very least I want <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> to support <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dropbear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dropbear</span></a> as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/client" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>client</span></a> so one can use it as a amnesiaic, anti-forensics <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAMdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAMdisk</span></a> - only SSH-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terminal</span></a> to connect to other machines.</p><p>Like a reinterpretation of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuZUPpmXfT0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">classic terminals</a> like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VT520" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VT520</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VT520" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">series</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DEC</a>...</p>
Heiko Kuschel<p>Seit ich vor Jahrzehnten vom <a href="https://kirche.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> gezwungenermaßen zu <a href="https://kirche.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> wechselte, vermisse ich die <a href="https://kirche.social/tags/RAMDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAMDisk</span></a>. Eine virtuelle Festplatte, die beim nächsten Neustart wieder leer ist. Perfekt zB für temporäre Downloads. (Ich bin zu unorganisiert, um die wieder zu löschen) Gibt es irgendwas brauchbares für Windows 11?</p>
Kajo 📷 :mastolove:<p>Gibts hier jemanden, der <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/IodeOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IodeOS</span></a> über deren <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Installer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Installer</span></a> bzw. <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/manuell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manuell</span></a> auf seinem <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/SHIFTphone6mq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SHIFTphone6mq</span></a> (oder anderem <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ShiftPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShiftPhone</span></a>) erfolgreich installiert hat?</p><p>Momentan ist bei meinem <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/SHIFT6mq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SHIFT6mq</span></a> der <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/BootLoader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BootLoader</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/unlocked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unlocked</span></a>, es lebt ein <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a> drauf und ich hab <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Magisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Magisk</span></a> geflashed (<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Ramdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ramdisk</span></a> Yes, Zygisk: No).</p><p>Bedenken hab ich nur bzgl. den A/B-Partitionen bzw. dass ich dahingehend was falsch mache(n könnte).</p><p>:BoostOK:</p><p>1/2</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@soller" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>soller</span></a></span> xD...</p><p>Any now you know why I do want to get another 32GB for my machine if not find a good way to max out my Z600 to 96GB RAM and use AMT to remotely power on/off that monster for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> compile jobs whilst also putting all the stuff in a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAMdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAMdisk</span></a> because that'll be faster in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IOPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IOPS</span></a> so my compile jobs don't take half an hour...</p>
drathir<p>warning to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archlinux</span></a> users with latest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> and setup with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grub</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDE</span></a> there could be an issue connected with system <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stuck</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ramdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ramdisk</span></a> step "Loading initial ramdisk..." temporally fix chroot from liveiso into installation and install linux-lts and rebuild grub to made system accessible again...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@xeraa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>xeraa</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/@puniko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>puniko</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@linux_mclinuxface" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linux_mclinuxface</span></a></span> Case in point, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSPL</span></a> is an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AssholeLicense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssholeLicense</span></a> even more than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AGPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGPLv3</span></a> because it's sole purpose is to commit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AssetDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssetDenial</span></a> against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/commercial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commercial</span></a> users & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hosters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hosters</span></a>.</p><p>It's worse than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a> because that one is <em>lunacy</em> in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> and espechally <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Patents</span></a> because it's solely ideologically motivated, but yeah...</p><p>IMHO everything under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Side_Public_License" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SSPL</a> is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnfreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnfreeSoftware</span></a> in that it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/license" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>license</span></a> terms are worse than a <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SourceAvailable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SourceAvailable</span></a></em> license as used by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tarsnap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarsnap</span></a> because they are at least honest about the <em>why</em>...</p><p>I really hope not just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/aws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aws</span></a> forked the pre-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> versions under <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> and start publishing and maintaining these.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Redis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Redis</span></a>, like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Elastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elastic</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MongoDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MongoDB</span></a> have chosen to kick everyone in the groin out of <em>pettyness</em> against commercial hosters, and I hope <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mastodon</span></a></span> & <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MastodonEngineering</span></a></span> as well as <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Gargron</span></a></span> work hard to replace Redis with a real <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> alternative like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RabbitMQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RabbitMQ</span></a> or even hetter, allow disabling a caching-DB in lieu of helping setup a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ramdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ramdisk</span></a> with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PostgreSQL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostgreSQL</span></a> cache-DB on it.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention">@<span>landley</span></a></span> I'll propably have to gut functions out of toybox to get it where I want it to be, but then again the "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CORE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CORE</span></a>" Version of OS/1337 will be very much barebones....</p><p>Just the essentials to get <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dropbear" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dropbear</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Client" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Client</span></a> to be able to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SSH</span></a> into stuff, be able to make a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ramdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ramdisk</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wget" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wget</span></a> / tiny-<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>curl</span></a> everything else (i.e. a system image one could dd onto a HDD/SSD)...</p><p>Kinda like an old <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/netinstall" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>netinstall</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Floppy</span></a>...</p><p>Ideally configureable to the point that I could also swap <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dbclient" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dbclient</span></a> for dropbear as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Server" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Server</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMD</span></a> 3D <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/VCache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCache</span></a> enables <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RAMdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAMdisk</span></a> to hit 182 GB/s speeds — over 12X faster than the fastest <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PCIe5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCIe5</span></a>.0 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a><br>A RAM disk delivered sequential read and write speeds around 178 GB/s and 163 GB/s, respectively, in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CrystalDiskMark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrystalDiskMark</span></a> reportedly from a RAM disk running on AMD's <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Ryzen7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ryzen7</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/7800X3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>7800X3D</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a>. Nemez, a user on X (Twitter), discovered the method. The method is based on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OSFMount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSFMount</span></a>, free software that allows you to create RAM disks and mount the image files in different formats. <br><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-3d-v-cache-ram-disk-182-gbs-12x-faster-pcie-5-ssd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/news/amd-3d-v</span><span class="invisible">-cache-ram-disk-182-gbs-12x-faster-pcie-5-ssd</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>Was the Apple II the first platform to support SSD storage...?</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/homecomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homecomputers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagetech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagetech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RAMDISK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAMDISK</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CreativeComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magazine</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@kurth" class="u-url mention">@<span>kurth</span></a></span> granted I do prefer <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Live" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Live</span></a>-<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> - Systems that avoid writes as much as possible and I do intent do enable OS/1337 to support a "boot from RAM" mode where it's copied as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ramdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ramdisk</span></a> and then started...</p><p>Because I do like that feature from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@bunsenlabs" class="u-url mention">@<span>bunsenlabs</span></a></span> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BunsenLabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BunsenLabs</span></a> Linux and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PorteusKiosk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PorteusKiosk</span></a> as it provides a fast-feeling system whilst also yeeting all data afterwards.</p><p>Pretty shure <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> still wipes RAM manually at shutdown...</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OS1337</span></a></p>
💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@malin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>malin</span></a></span> <br>Yeah, and <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> still uses <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/cache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cache</span></a> too, and a not-user-friendly way to change it. I did manage to though, and now happily lives on my <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/RAMdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAMdisk</span></a> Makes a noticeable difference to <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/performance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>performance</span></a>!</p>
Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD<p>What's the best (non buggy) <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ramdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ramdisk</span></a> for <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> ?</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://squeak.social/@whitekiba" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitekiba</span></a></span> I mean I don't look for computational efficiency....</p><p>OFC modern crypto needs a lot of processing power...</p><p>But I'd even consider doing a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ramdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ramdisk</span></a> and making a script that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wget" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wget</span></a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dropbear" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dropbear</span></a> as a working hack...</p><p>Even if that makes it a sort-of "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/netlive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>netlive</span></a>" [ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/netinstaller" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>netinstaller</span></a> meets <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/live" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>live</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linux</span></a>] workaround...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@fuzztech" class="u-url mention">@<span>fuzztech</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://is-a.wyvern.rip/@volpeon" class="u-url mention">@<span>volpeon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu" class="u-url mention">@<span>ubuntu</span></a></span> np.</p><p>One core advantage that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@bunsenlabs" class="u-url mention">@<span>bunsenlabs</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BunsenLabsLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BunsenLabsLinux</span></a> has is that it not only takes <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Debian</span></a> :debian: stable packages but also supports "Load into RAM" and then runs from a blazigly fast <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RAMDISK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RAMDISK</span></a>, which makes it even snappier on machines > 4GB RAM...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vt.social/@lethalbit" class="u-url mention">@<span>lethalbit</span></a></span> Considering the speed and cost, that is somewhat expected.</p><p>Personally, I wished for a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RAMDISK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RAMDISK</span></a> that is accessible via <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SATA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SATA</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USB</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SDIO" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SDIO</span></a> and/or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PCIe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PCIe</span></a>:</p><p>Like the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/iRAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iRAM</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CGRAMDISK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CGRAMDISK</span></a> & <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HyperDrive5" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HyperDrive5</span></a>:<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM_drive" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM_driv</span><span class="invisible">e</span></a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-RAM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-RAM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperOs_HyperDrive" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperOs_</span><span class="invisible">HyperDrive</span></a></p>
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