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		amelius on June 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ventoy – Bootable USB Solution What I need is a way to reboot into a ramdisk version of my OS. This would allow me to do things like repartition the disk on which my root folder is stored (among other things).

Y_Y on June 8, 2024 [–]

You can do this without rebooting. Just copy the filesystem into ram and switch_root.

amelius on June 8, 2024 | [–]

Filesystem is too big for the ram.

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