Booting from ram

[JCBiggs]

Does anyone have experience using software like diskless angel, or any other methods to boot windows  from ramdisk.  i assume its a (not so)  simple matter of writing the image from your disk to ram before the system queries the boot drives.  Would this need to be built into the motherboard firmware to be most efficient?

 

 

[Guest]

100% impossible, RAM is volatile memory, it wipes it self when it loses power.

[The Official Czex]

Not possible as RAM is volatile memory (data written is lost in the vent of power loss). You would need to be booting from a VM to experience something like that.

[Enderman]

why are you trying to do this

[blu4]

You can only do a ramdisk if the system is powered up and running the OS. When you shut it down it's all gone.

[-iSynthesis]

It would work if that software somehow powers the ram while the system is turned off. *Genius Idea, gonna patent it, 1sec.*

[JCBiggs]

yes, i know that the memory is volatile... hence the sentence where i said  "it would be a matter of writing the disk image to the ram before the system queries the boot drive."

 

i have read that its possible to boot unbuntu and other linux items from ram disk, as the command initrd actually stands for initialize ramdisk..

 

that said, if there is not a way to do it with software already avalible from windows I can think of 2 other options.  1 being a virtual machine booting first, (overhead -1)  or somehow getting the mothterboard to execute the transfer.  at least in my pc, i always see the ram being initialized first regardless. sooooo .... anyone want to discuss how to make it happen? 

[Charlie27364]

yes, i know that the memory is volatile... hence the sentence where i said  "it would be a matter of writing the disk image to the ram before the system queries the boot drive."

 

i have read that its possible to boot unbuntu and other linux items from ram disk, as the command initrd actually stands for initialize ramdisk..

 

that said, if there is not a way to do it with software already avalible from windows I can think of 2 other options.  1 being a virtual machine booting first, (overhead -1)  or somehow getting the mothterboard to execute the transfer.  at least in my pc, i always see the ram being initialized first regardless. sooooo .... anyone want to discuss how to make it happen? 

I wouldn't do it, it's just not worth it for the time and effort.

[JCBiggs]

I wouldn't do it, it's just not worth it for the time and effort.

you dont deal with saves and rebuilds that take 20-30 minutes to complete. 

[JCBiggs]

Why the frack do mods move the threads? i get 7 responseses the conversation is moving along, and then they move it to a different sub forum and it hasnt gotten one reply since.  cmon man.