Poll: How much time does your system take to boot?
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<5 seconds (I'm running a computer from 2050!)
9.09%
1 9.09%
5-10 seconds
18.18%
2 18.18%
10-20 seconds
27.27%
3 27.27%
20-30 seconds
0%
0 0%
30-45 seconds
0%
0 0%
45-60 seconds
0%
0 0%
60-90 seconds
18.18%
2 18.18%
90-120 seconds
0%
0 0%
120-240 seconds
9.09%
1 9.09%
240+ seconds (Hmm, let me have my lunch before the computer start working...)
18.18%
2 18.18%
Total 11 vote(s) 100%
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Show Your Boot Time
10-11-2010, 10:14 AM,
#1
Show Your Boot Time
I previously posted this thread on another forum. Nobody ever replied there, as if they don't actually know anything about it. Hopefully I won't meet the same situation here.

Hmm, yeah, yet another boring poll thread I post... :)
This time I would like to know how much time your system takes to boot. This can be measured with a little clock in your hand (old & reliable), Bootchart (Linux-only), or BootTimer (Windows). (Well, actually a MBR rootkit should be most effective in measuring boot time. :D )

My boot time is 17 seconds, not including GRUB loading time, on Gentoo Linux amd64, OpenRC 0.6.4 with parallel RC enabled. (OpenRC is fast, indeed.) I also use prelink to accelerate binary executions.
(Keep in mind I'm using a old traditional HDD, not SSD. If I have a SSD, the time can be shortened to 10 seconds or so, I guess. X does not autostart during boot process.)
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systemd and readahead-list may be very helpful for further improvements of boot speed. However, systemd is too heavily experimental, while readahead-list has not been updated since 2006.
(This chart is slightly old. As I switched back to nouveau (from the blob nvidia-drivers) with framebuffer. But it shouldn't be a big issue.)
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10-12-2010, 09:17 AM,
#2
RE: Show Your Boot Time
I have a 7 secound boot with ubuntu so i like that:)
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10-12-2010, 11:48 AM,
#3
RE: Show Your Boot Time
(10-12-2010, 09:17 AM)leonhitchens Wrote: I have a 7 secound boot with ubuntu so i like that:)

Huh, that seems impossible. Somebody managed to boot Lucid in 11 seconds, but it's a laptop with SSD. Upstart is pretty fast, but it's not necessarily faster than OpenRC.
Please install BootChart and post the chart here to give a definite proof. The instructions can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootCharting#How...0bootchart
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10-13-2010, 05:46 AM,
#4
RE: Show Your Boot Time
<5 seconds (I'm running a computer from 2050!)
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10-18-2010, 04:02 AM,
#5
RE: Show Your Boot Time
installed boot chart but cannot run it?
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10-18-2010, 10:59 AM,
#6
RE: Show Your Boot Time
(10-18-2010, 04:02 AM)leonhitchens Wrote: installed boot chart but cannot run it?

Read the instructions in the link I gave you!
Quote:
  1. Install the bootchart and pybootchartgui packages, either through apt-get or Synaptic.
  2. Reboot your machine.
Then reboot. The bootchart can be found in /var/log/bootchart .
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10-18-2010, 10:26 PM,
#7
RE: Show Your Boot Time
My iPod touch starts up in about 30 seconds (from powerdown), and my dad's laptop starts in about the same time, with Win7 installed.
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10-19-2010, 03:18 AM,
#8
RE: Show Your Boot Time
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However i can assure you that's wrong, i'd say it's about 2 minutes, i'll check later.
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11-03-2010, 02:07 PM,
#9
RE: Show Your Boot Time
What's the effect of the time difference?
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11-08-2010, 02:03 PM,
#10
RE: Show Your Boot Time
My PC boot time should be around 20 secs.
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