super fast boot up

NoobieOCer · 1 May 2008 at 09:18

hi i want to make a media machine and i already have tried mythbuntu and stuff but becuase i using a slow machine i found it to take ages to boot up and was wondering if any one know how to make a linux os boot up super quick like in 5 seconds.

scamartist · 1 May 2008 at 11:26

Will point you to another forum where someone asked a similiar question.

Hopefully it may help.

Guy on there was looking for an instant on Linux.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1300813

Ethics · 2 May 2008 at 08:16

5 seconds?

Yeah sounds like hibernation is the way to go, especially on older hardware.

You could also try stopping a boat load of services that you don't need, i'm sure Ubuntu comes with some unnecesary ones.

Also specifying your exact modules required for hardware can help quite a bit, and disable the checks for new hardware etc.

pingwing · 8 May 2008 at 00:48

You could be clever and change the usual init programme (whats run after you kernel loads and does all other services) to init-ng that does everything in parrallel (aka once all a services dependencies have been met it will start opposed to having a slower boot "order") combine it with a well refined smaller kernel and you can have a pretty fast booting machine

NicNac · 12 May 2008 at 12:30

compile a custom kernel? I did it with my home server i.e got rid of everything I didn't need including support for any hardware that wasn't in the server already. It sped up boot time quite a bit.

Una · 12 May 2008 at 17:56

Compile a custom kernel, remove all the crap you don't need. Use upstart to run things in parallel and disable all the services/drivers etc.. you don't want loaded.

NoobieOCer · 20 May 2008 at 13:07

cool but how do i compile my own kernel?

Ethics · 20 May 2008 at 13:45

Google it... you won't get far learning a Linux distro without googling anythign and everything. And Ubuntu has the most new-user friendly guides out of them all.