Tuukka Toivonen wrote:
> > Now that would be really impressive if Linux/x86 could do it.
> > I wonder why x86 BIOSes take so long to get going?
>
> A lot can be done by tuning the BIOS settings and removing all unnecessary
> stuff from your linux bootup scripts.
My laptop's BIOS boots in about half a second. It amazed me.
Linux takes about 2 seconds to boot the kernel, then ages to go through
the startup scripts of course.
-- Jamie
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