On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 07:05 -0700, David Bendit wrote:
> Actually, now I'm wondering: is it possible to have a standard  
> distro, say, Debian, load itself into a RAM drive on startup?
> 
> -David  

Sure, you can run Knoppix that way.  Boot like this:

knoppix toram

It will take a while to copy the contents of the CD to ram.  Then pick
up a 1Gb USB Flash drive for $25 or less and use that for your home
directory.

dennisk