[Feature Request] Run iso from RAM about ventoy

[ventoy]

It's a good idea!
But in my opinion maybe we don't need to copy the whole ISO file into RAM. For those LiveCD linux distros, the kernel, initrd, squashfs image will be copy to ram, that's it. In addition, copying ISO files also takes time, doesn’t it?
Looking forward to your reply!
Thanks!

[a1ive]

Nowadays the PCs and Laptops have a lot of ram , For the Linux distros this method lead to get a huge speed increase.

Linux won't recognize the virtual iso created by bootloader.

[chromer030]

I think Booting ISO from RAM is very useful in these situations :
1- You want to boot a ISO for someone else but you need your USB !
2- Using some ISO that take long time to finish operations , and in whatever reason you don't like your USB stay attached , ISO like : HDShredder, Dban, HDClone, PartitionWizard , Norton Ghotst and a lot of other tools , generally this tools have lightweight ISO size.
3- Based of situation you must keep your privacy and no trace and footprint, so RAM is best place for files and operations , because RAM storage is non-persistent , after reboot or shutdown everything will be wiped.
4- RAM has a large speed benefit over using on a USB , it may take some times to copy ISO or contents to RAM but in compare to speed that we gain it's worthy , also we should note that generally we boot ISO under 1 or 2 GB from RAM.
5- Based on SK Hynix news , upcoming DDR5 RAMs all have ECC and minimum speed of 3200 mhz , so it give magical operating speed to our ISOs

According to Distrowatch there is 17 Linux distros with native Run From RAM feature :
http://distrowatch.org/search.php?category=From+RAM

[ventoy]

What you said makes sense, and it is not so difficult for Ventoy to implement it.
I will consider adding this feature in a future version.
Thank you for your suggestion!

[chromer030]

Your-welcome man , Thank you for this perfect project and for your warmthness.
I wish bests for you and this project.