[CentOS] Boot speed (was: RHEL 6.1 beta)

On 5/2/2011 10:25 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
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>> Trying to save a few seconds when rebooting a server seems pointlessto me
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> The Linux kernel is also used in laptops/desktops

Fast boots also matter for embedded systems.

We integrate a series of Linux-based boxes made by another company into 
our system, and one of them reboots in about 9 seconds, while the other 
version takes about a minute.  The latter are a pain to code for, since 
it means you have to have timeouts that can cope with a device going MIA 
for over a full minute before they can be talked to again.