nixos/iso-image: add option for copytoram #25611
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@Lassulus, thanks for your PR! By analyzing the history of the files in this pull request, we identified @edolstra, @bobvanderlinden and @dezgeg to be potential reviewers. |
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| LINUX /boot/bzImage | |||
| APPEND init=${config.system.build.toplevel}/init ${toString config.boot.kernelParams} nomodeset | |||
| INITRD /boot/initrd | |||
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| # A variant to boot with 'copytoram | |||
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'copytoram -> 'copytoram'
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Thanks @Lassulus for the work on copytoram. This seems to me like an nice addition as well. I still need to give this a try. I'm guessing the advantages are runtime performance and the ability to pull the USB/CD from the system once it has booted? What are your motivations to get this in? |
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@bobvanderlinden Thanks :) I'm using it mainly for 2 reasons:
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Hah! That made my day. I'm the dev of DriveDroid 😄. Sounds like useful usecases to me. I'll give it a go right away. |
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Works nicely on legacy bios: And on EFI: Code looks fine to me too 👍 |
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@bobvanderlinden it's a small world :D |
Lassulus
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Motivation for this change
Add the possibility to boot the live stick with its contents copied into ram.