Improving time to boot - DSL

[mjd]

I am currently working a small project to turn an antiquated neoware thin client (300MHz,128MB) into a jukebox to sit neatly with my hifi and stream from my server.
I have evaluated umpteen options over the last month from DOS to Win95/98 and a huge array of linux distros. Unsurprisingly I ended up going back the one I started with. DSL detects all the slightly obscure hardware (Geode based) and with Mp3blaster does exactly what I want.
My only gripe is the time it takes to boot. Its not horrific but I'm sure it could be better. I have reduced the grub menu timeout and knocked off the dhcp client, which has improved things a bit, but is there anything else I can do? Perhaps reducing the time it takes to probe for hardware?

I am not a complete n00b with regards to linux, but I'm not too hot on the blood and guts of it.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

 

[PermaBanned]

You sure DSL is the right distro for this sort of thing? Sure, it was the first downsized distro but it's pretty much a dead project, there are many alternatives. See Slitaz, Tiny/Micro Core, DeLi and a few others.

 

[mjd]

I have tried both tiny and micro core, but not the others.
The main problem has been support for the hardware.
I'll happily give the others a go though.

 

[PermaBanned]

Yeah. It's worth noting however that on that sort of hardware it's going to be pretty much impossible to get 10 second boot times using modern software. Just be generous.

 

[mjd]

All in all I am pretty satisfied with what I have got so far. Just wondered if there are any tricks I may have missed. Anyway, added all conceivable cheat codes today and improved it considerably. Thanks for the replies