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 > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
