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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…
Kishore Devireddy
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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…
phifer2088
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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…
venkisagunner
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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…
Andrey Germanov
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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…
Rohan Kumar Shah
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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…
Trevor Meyer
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Boot Persistent USB to ram in Read only mode to use with USB unplugged

Need to be able to boot an Ubuntu USB with persistence and make changes to the OS, and then when needed, have an option in grub that boots the system to ram with said changes loaded so that i can unplug the usb while the live OS is running. I do not…
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