BOINC + RAMdisk on Linux/Windows [Tutorial]

[Evantaur]

BOINC + RAMdisk[Tutorial]

Why? Well to improve your SSD/HDD's lifespan (or allow you to run your system from USB stick), also it's a lot faster, consumes less electricity than a mechanical drive, and it's fun . Only downside is(was) you'd lose all your data every time you restart, and I've already fixed that issue.



so what you need:
- RAM (depending on your distro ~1.5gb + 125mb/thread), i'd recommend 4G for 8 threads
- BOINC

LINUX
There are two ways of doing this (for fresh install), depending how you install your BOINC client

- Way of the Warrior (Download client from Boinc site)
- Easy way (apt-get way)
if you have already installed boinc you should use "Existing system" instead

Windows