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When using a RAMDISC system, a few optimization strategies are available that are hard to use in general systems or desk-top systems. These optimizations are related to the files in a RAMDISC system only have a 'life-span' limited to the uptime of the system; at system reboot the filesystem is created from scratch. This allows removing many files after system bootup: init-script, some libs that might only be required during system startup and kernel modules that will not be unloaded during operation after system initialization has completed. The potential reduction of the filesystem is 30-40
Der Herr Hofrat
2002-03-08