[ale] fastest linux boot time?

[Bao C. Ha]

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Bao

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> hirsch at zapmedia.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 1:12 PM
> To: Christopher Bergeron
> Cc: Ale
> Subject: [ale] fastest linux boot time?
> 
> 
> I didn't see an answer to this, so here's my two cents.
> 
> The fastest boot I know of is using disk-on-chip and linux bios.
> I'v'e seen boots of under 10 seconds--faster than the screen can warm
> up.
> 
> http://www.acl.lanl.gov/linuxbios/
> 
> --Michael
> 
> Christopher Bergeron writes:
>  > does anyone know where I can find this info?  I'm looking into
>  > addding a flash card/disk on chip to my pc for booting; 
> and running my apps,
>  > X, etc, off the HD.  has anyone done this?  any tips/hints?
>  > 
>  > Thanks a mil..!,
>  > 
>  > 
>  > Christopher Bergeron
>  > Systems Administrator
>  > Full Line Distributors
>  > mis at fullline.com
>  > 
> 
> 
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