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Questions tagged [boot-to-ram]

For questions about booting to ram.

This tag is topic tag intended for questions about booting Ubuntu to/from software generated ram-drives. This tag is NOT intended for questions about physical hardware ram based ssds like gigabyte i-ram, or hyperdrive.

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Distro that I can load into RAM?

Is there a modified version of Ubuntu that I can choose to load to RAM on start up? Kinda like the LiveCD, but that can be easily modified (ie: I can install stuff) when I choose to boot from disk. The idea is to install it to a USB drive. I know…
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How to run Ubuntu fully in initramfs?

I have a machine with 10 GB of RAM, and I would like to run Ubuntu on it (Debian also OK if its easier), fully in RAM in such a way: I boot from a compressed image on an USB flash disk, that is uncompressed into RAM, and then I can remove the disk…
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Can I boot a Live USB *with persistence* fully to RAM, allowing me to remove the disk?

I've learned from this post that it is possible to boot a live usb without persistence entirely into ram. This is done by adding the toram boot parameter as explained in that post. If we instead have a live usb with persistence enabled (i.e. through…
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How to deploy ramdisk image on to disk less nodes using MAAS?

I am using MAAS version 1.7.6 with ubuntu 14.04. Currently MAAS can deploy ubuntu/centos images on to the nodes by installing into local disk. I want to deploy my disk less nodes with ramdisk image. Every time when the nodes powered on, they should…
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need a live cd to boot to ram

I created a live cd using uck and want it to boot to ram by default. How can I do this? I know I can hit f6 while booting and insert toram=yes, but like I mentioned I want this to be setup by default. Thanks in advance. Also I am a rookie when…
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Customized ubuntu desktop that can boot to RAM

I'm working on a project to customize an ubuntu desktop iso to add/remove packages and eventually have it boot to RAM. Here is my overall idea. Create a custom OS that can be flashed into a USB and used to boot a target machine Once booted, run a…
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Mount snaps to RAM

I need this for my Raspberry PI Ubuntu Core installation. I want to be able to remove SD card after system boot. Now, if I remove it, all squashfs mounts disappear and system stops working properly. If snaps copied to RAM and started from there, I…
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Ubuntu server 12.04 made into squashfs (toram) and frequent start-up kernel panics

I've got a Ubuntu server 12.04 64-bit packed into squashfs and booting into RAM using toram option. When I reboot the machine I get a kernel panic 3 out of 5 times, sometimes multiple times in row, but then it will eventually just work. This is the…
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How do you boot Ubuntu Server to RAM?

I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 Server on a USB drive, which is the hard drive for this PC. How do I get the bootloader to load Ubuntu onto RAM? Essentially, this is going to resemble a live-cd type of environment, where the OS is on the CD/USB/HDD…
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4 GB RAM not detectable by BIOS and the OS

I had a 4 GB RAM in the Ubuntu system, then I bought again a 4 GB RAM, but this time the new RAM is not detectable by OS as well as BIOS. My motherboard supports 8 GB RAM 800/1067 MHz RAM old ram -> 4 GB 1600 MHz detectable new ram -> 4 GB 1600 MHz…
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How to know whether Xubuntu is running on ram or the live USB?

I'm using Xubuntu 20.04 LTS live USB (non-persistent) and I just tried the toram option. It got stuck on the logo screen (or so it seemed) so I force shut down the computer. Now I booted normally without toram and while I was working on the…
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Problems with creating an encrypted livecd that works on USB/DVD/CD

Summary of the Problem I've created a custom ram-only Ubuntu image that refuses to boot over USB on any device. Before I encrypted it and used a loop device, it worked well. With the encryption setup, it will boot without issues from a burned DVD as…
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