Poll: How much time does your system take to boot?

**RichardGv** · 10-11-2010, 10:14 AM,

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.)

leonhitchens · 10-12-2010, 09:17 AM,

I have a 7 secound boot with ubuntu so i like that:)

**RichardGv** · 10-12-2010, 11:48 AM,

(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

**Mone** · 10-13-2010, 05:46 AM,

<5 seconds (I'm running a computer from 2050!)

leonhitchens · 10-18-2010, 04:02 AM,

installed boot chart but cannot run it?

**RichardGv** · 10-18-2010, 10:59 AM,

(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:

Install the bootchart and pybootchartgui packages, either through apt-get or Synaptic.

Reboot your machine.

Then reboot. The bootchart can be found in /var/log/bootchart .

**Matt** · 10-18-2010, 10:26 PM,

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.

ThePro · 10-19-2010, 03:18 AM,

However i can assure you that's wrong, i'd say it's about 2 minutes, i'll check later.

infoxt · 11-03-2010, 02:07 PM,

What's the effect of the time difference?

dumbmie · 11-08-2010, 02:03 PM,

My PC boot time should be around 20 secs.

Poll: How much time does your system take to boot? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
<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%