[ug-bosug] Belenix 0.7 can boot from RAM

[Ajey Gore]

That means we need 160 GB Ram :-)


On 5/4/08 2:11 PM, "Moinak Ghosh" <moinakg at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Sriram Narayanan <sriramnrn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Wow ! :) Now that is a cool thing :)
>> 
>> 
>>  On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Joseph George <Joe.G at sun.com> wrote:
>>> I am not sure everyone on this list understands what this means to
>>>  BeleniX or another OpenSolaris LiveCD.
>>> 
>> 
>>  I agree.
>> 
>>  I can think of three different meanings for "Belenix boots from RAM" :D
>> 
>>  Some questions for you:
>>  - Would I now be able to do a PXE boot of Belenix ?
> 
>    No. This is a different piece. Loading the compressed image from
>    CDROM to RAM.
> 
>>  - Does this mean that I now have a means to remove the LiveCD after bootup ?
> 
>    Yes.
> 
>>  - Would this mean that Xen could now boot the OS off RAM ?
> 
>    Should be yes.
> 
>>                 High speed bootups of VM instances containing Tomcat +
>>  a web app is a common use case in the Build + Virtualization world.
> 
>   If you want to do that you are better off using a different method. Create
>   a ramdisk using ramdiskadm and boot a VM off that.
> 
>   This work essentially gives a slow bootup (5+mins) but blinding fast
>   execution and very fast installation after being booted - since everything
>   is running off RAM.
> 
> Regards,
> Moinak.
> 
>> 
>>  It's really great to see new stuff, and I'm looking forward to seeing
>>  your presentation at BOSUG !
>> 
>>  -- Sriram
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>  ~Joe
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  On 04-May-08, at 10:32 PM, S h i v wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:55 AM, sham pavman
>>>> <shampavman.cg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Its done now.
>>>>> Belenix 0.7 can now boot from RAM!!!!
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sounds good !
>>>> You should talk about it in the next UG meeting.
>>>> 
>>>> -Shiv
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