> > What are the cons of using "all of" the RAM at boot time to > > cache the boot disk?
Dave Jones wrote: > It's memory that's otherwise unused. Once you start using the system > anything cached will get reclaimed as its needed. So there is no substantial loss? IOW, it would suffice to have all the "loaded at boot" stuff in the first <amount of RAM> bytes of the hard disk? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta Can't you see It all makes perfect sense Expressed in dollar and cents Pounds shillings and pence (Roger Waters) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/