[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS considered in-memory OS ?

[John Barfield]

I’ve been interested in configuring omnios to run in memory off of a ram 
disk myself. 

Does anyone know where you could find a good guide for booting Solaris(h) 
kernel into memory with a ramdisk?




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On 6/26/15, 10:15 AM, "Dan McDonald" <danmcd at omniti.com> wrote:

>
>> On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:59 AM, Mick Burns <bmx1955 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> As per current wikipedia entry for SmartOS,  we can read the following :
>> 
>> "SmartOS is an in-memory operating system and boots directly into
>> random access memory. It supports various boot mechanisms such as
>> booting off of universal serial bus thumbdrive, ISO Image, or over the
>> network via PXE boot."
>> 
>> Does this statement applies to OmniOS as well ?
>
>No.  We boot off of traditional media.
>
>> Ultimately, what I need to know is if OmniOS is good fit to run OS off
>> a pair of either internal SDcards or good quality USB sticks ?
>
>As shipped, no.
>
>Dan
>
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