drives. And the below is what I have come up with so far
This is how I have my browser cache setup. Borrowed from this page
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://posterous.mauriciovieira.net/how-to-firefox-cache-in-ramdisk-tmpfs"
linktext was:"http://posterous.mauriciovieira.net/how ... disk-tmpfs"
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I make a new directory in /media called /media/ramdisk
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root@biker:/mnt/sdb1/home/harry# mkdir /media/ramdisk
root@biker:/mnt/sdb1/home/harry# mount -t tmpfs -o size=64M,nr_inodes=10k,mode=0777 tmpfs /media/ramdisk
about:config looks like this now when I type in browser.cache in the filter box
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browser.cache.disk.parent_directory;/media/ramdisk
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# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
/dev/sda1 / auto defaults,noatime 1 1
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 ext2 auto,users,exec,noatime,errors=remount-ro 1 2
# Dynamic entries below
/dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 vfat noauto,users,gid=users,dmask=002,fmask=113,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /media/ramdisk tmpfs size=64M,nr_inodes=10k,mode=777 0 0
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://lonesysadmin.net/2008/02/21/elevatornoop/"
linktext was:"http://lonesysadmin.net/2008/02/21/elevatornoop/"
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So I edited my /boot/grub/menu.lst as follows
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timeout 10
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1
gfxmenu /boot/grub/message
title antiX at sda1, kernel 2.6.32-1-mepis-smp
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp root=/dev/sda1 elevator=noop nomce quiet nosplash vga=788
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp
boot
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below
## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=b5c8ff9d-5016-4862-8c6c-b96ac634f9de ro
# kopt_2_6=root=UUID=b5c8ff9d-5016-4862-8c6c-b96ac634f9de ro nosplash quiet
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)
## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true
## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=788 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=
## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false
## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=
## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0
## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(init-3) 3
## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all
## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true
## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false
## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false
## ## End Default Options ##
title antiX-M8.5, kernel 2.6.32-1-mepis-smp
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp root=UUID=b5c8ff9d-5016-4862-8c6c-b96ac634f9de ro elevator=noop nosplash quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp
title antiX-M8.5, kernel 2.6.32-1-mepis-smp (init-3)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp root=UUID=b5c8ff9d-5016-4862-8c6c-b96ac634f9de ro elevator=noop nosplash quiet 3
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp
title antiX-M8.5, kernel memtest86+
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
I have rebooted since doing all these changes and it may be my imagination. But my Asus EEEPC 900 seems
to boot up faster and Iceape also seems to open up faster now also. I hope I got this right before I add
it to the How to Install AntiX 8.5 at my blog __{{emoticon}}__ . Whaddya think?