Re: Speed

[Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya

we booted in 5 seconds... from compact flash...( that is accessed as an 
ide device ) .. standard 486-based machine too...

- a very minimal kernel...very customized

c ya
alvin


On 28 Oct 2002, Crispin Wellington wrote:

> On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 05:34, Alvin Oga wrote:
> > 
> > hi ya
> > 
> > if you mke your own distro and minimum kernel ...
> > - you can boot in about 5 seconds...
> 
> A lot of time during boot is the IDE/SCSI initialisation and partition
> check. If you remove IDE & SCSI support from the kernel (you'll need to
> use a disk-on-chip and NFS root), then your boots can get very quick
> indeed. Combine this with the Linux BIOS project and you have <1 second
> boot times. Although no HDD :P
> 
> Makes you realise why linux is used for so much embedded work.
> 
> Kind Regards
> Crispin Wellington
> 
>