<html><head></head><body>The copying process from usb to ram would take a longer time to boot up. (especially on 2GB or more). <div>The RAM that can be used also must be substracted by the images size. </div><div>And no it has nothing todo with zram it is just a tmpfs mounted ramdrive where you copy the system to. </div><div>As far as I know puppy copies the iso contents (compressed in sfs) to the ram drive and not the system inside the sfs which is much bigger.<br><br><div id="1394896185733-sig-id">Gesendet von meinem BlackBerry® PlayBook™<br>www.blackberry.com</div><br><hr><div><strong>Von:</strong> "Israel" <israeldahl@gmail.com><br><strong>An:</strong> "lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" <lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com><br><strong>Gesendet:</strong> 26. März 2014 13:48<br><strong>Betreff:</strong> Re: Portable installed system that boots in UEFI as well as BIOS mode<br></div><br><pre>If it is small enough, it might be nice to add the option to load it
into ram.
(I can't remember what that is.. maybe zram??) something like what
puppy does.
A 64bit system with EFI will (almost assuredly) come with enough ram to
make using 64bit worthwhile (more than 4 Gig).
Just a thought..
Thanks for the info!
On 03/26/2014 07:37 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Hi Rafael,
>
>
> 1. No it is not made to be installed with Unetbootin.
>
> In linux, I think it is easiest to use mkusb according to this link
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1958073
>
> In Windows you can use 7-zip and win32diskimager according to the
> description
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/UEFI-and-BIOS#Installation_from_a_compressed_image_file-1
>
>
> 2. Yes, it is persistent, because it is an installed system.
>
> It behaves like a system installed to an internal drive, except that it
> might be slower depending on the pendrive's hardware and the USB system.
> A fast USB 3 pendrive in a USB 3 system is almost as fast as an internal
> system. A fast USB 3 pendrive in a USB 2 system is much faster than a
> standard USB 2 pendrive.
>
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
> 2014-03-26 13:21, Rafael Laguna skrev:
>> Can we install it with unetbootin? And has it persistent filesystem?
>> Because I'd like top get rid off my harddisk boot and use this.
>>
>> --
>> Rafael Laguna
>> Lubuntu Artwork Team
>>
>>
>> 2014-03-26 12:47 GMT+01:00 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@gmail.com>> <mailto:nio.wiklund@gmail.com>>:
>>
>> Hi Phill,
>>
>> I have uploaded a compressed image file of a system for high end
>> computers, contrary to what I have been working with before.
>>
>> This is a portable installed system that boots in UEFI as well as BIOS
>> mode. It can be installed into a USB pendrive and is a good alternative
>> to a persistent live system, because it can be updated and upgraded
>> without limits.
>>
>> See the description in this web page
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/UEFI-and-BIOS
>>
>> and it is uploaded to your server at
>>
>> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/uefi-n-bios
>>
>> The method described and the 'final product' as a compressed image file
>> work for me in a Toshiba notebook according to the following
>> specification.
>>
>> http://www.toshiba.se/laptops/satellite-pro/c850/satellite-pro-c850-19w
>>
>> I don't know how specific or portable it is until tested in other
>> computers with UEFI.
>>
>> I think the method is more important than the 'final product' in this
>> case, and it will be interesting to find out how portable it is.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
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