[CentOS] Building an "instant on" X terminal

Benjamin Franz jfranz at freerun.com
Thu Apr 15 00:26:44 UTC 2010


Stephen Harris wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 04:37:21PM -0400, Reynolds McClatchey wrote:
> Huh.  A small version of Debian Etch.  Boots (once POST has complted)
> in under 25 seconds.
>
> Hmm, old versions of software, and "apt-get upgrade" causes the system
> to die (root disk filled out) but definitely a possibility.
>   

If you aren't adverse to Ubuntu, 10.04 LTS (beta right now but final by 
the end of the month) boots in 10 seconds from a hard drive. I've tried 
it: It was impressively fast.

-- 
Benjamin Franz



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