[ltp] running from ram

[Richard Neill]

Aaron Mulder wrote:
> I once tried doing serious development work with all my code and
> libraries on a RAM disk and it didn't make any noticeable difference
> -- if you have that much RAM, all the relevant files appear to be
> cached anyway.  I haven't tried running the kernel and so on from a
> RAM disk, but I'm not sure the difference would be that stunning.
> 

If you want to try it easily, and have 2GB, it is an option "toram" for
Koppix.  I agree - with Knoppix, it makes a difference vs the CDROM, but
not much vs the HDD, especially once files get into the cache.

Richard