On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:00:13 +0100 Jason Majors <jason@kwiqsilver.org> wrote: > How can I speed up the boot process? This page claims a boot time of 3 seconds. http://www.acl.lanl.gov/linuxbios/ > I'm using a fairly minimal Sid install with a 2.4.19 custom kernel and ext3 > (for the instant power downs). Wouldn't using a combination of a rw ramdisk and a read-only hard disk be safer? Rupert