Ramdisk and partial remastering in Knoppix 7

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This is not to take away from heretofore 'standard' re-mastering procedure(s) but to
highlight a subtle refinement in using Knoppix that accomplishes much of what one hopes to
achieve by re-mastering, or making backups of some kind. This alternative is elegant
in minimizing the resources required in re-mastering, including time.

A full remastering of a Poor Man's Install using squashfs needs about 12GB temporary space, for example on a Windows partition, and it can take 15-20 minutes. For precise timings of an actual process, see my squashfs report, #7 in http://knoppix.net/forum/threads/298...l=1#post127051 So while minimization is obviously correct, the savings achieved may be less than impressive. IMHO, the relevant reasons for using this kind of scheme is to improve workflow, backup safety etc. That a full remastering can be done with a minimum of work, doesn't mean one should do it. On the contrary, the easier it is, the more careful one should be about checking out alternatives.