Intel team gives Eee 5-second boot - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 13th Oct 2008, 12:44

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/10...-second-boot/1

Intel has completed work on getting an Asus Eee PC to boot into a fully-functional version of the Fedora Linux OS in just five seconds flat, and is making the technology open for all.

airchie · 13th Oct 2008, 13:03

This is totally going on my eee ASAP.
Would using this in conjunction with one of the bigger and faster SSD add-in cards for the eee make it even faster?

Mo_ · 13th Oct 2008, 13:14

they should add it to the new touchscreen version (could not resist) -

its @ play.com for £399.99 Free Delivery

airchie · 13th Oct 2008, 13:24

They maybe would have if it wasn't running XP...

If they did a reduced-cost linux one then it would be cool!
You could mount them on your walls at home and pretent you were on the Enterprise...

sotu1 · 13th Oct 2008, 14:16

that's amazing. can this be applied to any eee?

Jordan Wise · 13th Oct 2008, 14:28

Why do so many articles mention 'whipping the netbook out of your pocket?" Am I the only person who doesn't wear clown pants?

p3n · 13th Oct 2008, 15:00

Bags have pockets? :P

E.E.L. Ambiense · 13th Oct 2008, 15:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordan Wise

Why do so many articles mention 'whipping the netbook out of your pocket?" Am I the only person who doesn't wear clown pants?

Good stuff.

jhanlon303 · 13th Oct 2008, 15:38

I just got 2 900 eeePCs yesterday. Still reading up on all it can do. Langer's mods a great start. Now this OS should go on one of them.

ShaqArif · 13th Oct 2008, 16:49

Don't have a problem with the boot time myself. With the battery on the eee901, I can leave my eee on sleep overnight with no more than a 10-15 min drop in battery life. Waking up from sleep takes about a second. With the stability of linux, I don't often reboot more than a fortnight, so trying to save 40 seconds from that seems like a bit of a false economy.

Firehed · 13th Oct 2008, 18:08

Sounds very promising, though given that resuming from standby is still faster and doesn't cause the inconvenience of having to close out everything, I'm not sure it's really that big of an issue. Sure, you get the extra battery life, but that's not usually enough of a gain that I'm honestly concerned.

Not that I own an eee so it doesn't matter, but I'm tempted. Mostly out of feeling the need for a new gadget or something, but even just as a web browsing system I think I'd be tremendously bothered by not having my random assortment of OS X apps that I use continually (hoping for an Apple netbook tomorrow, but certainly not holding my breath).

Still, I approve of any tech that speeds boot times.

Haltech · 13th Oct 2008, 20:48

"the pair started with the that attitude that "

Try reading that out loud

CowBlazed · 13th Oct 2008, 21:32

Sounds fine to me.

With all the quick boot options on which skips POST and such, my EEE1000H with WinXP boots up mighty quickly, about 20secs or so fully usable.

tuaamin13 · 13th Oct 2008, 21:50

Any chance Intel is going to release their modified distro for those of us who want to boot in 5 seconds but don't feel comfortable modifying the kernel?

Spaceraver · 14th Oct 2008, 03:45

Now Microsoft just needs to listen to those guys. And make Windows 7 boot the same way.

Xir · 14th Oct 2008, 07:24

What are the "Langer's mods" for the EEE?

Impossible · 14th Oct 2008, 09:02

Have a look here....

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=148886

Xir · 14th Oct 2008, 11:39

Thx...looked into some eee-sites, but didn't search Bit for "Langer" ;-)

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13th Oct 2008, 13:14	#3
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p3n Hypermodder Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 731	Bags have pockets? :P

13th Oct 2008, 16:49	#10
ShaqArif What's a Dremel? Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 12	Don't have a problem with the boot time myself. With the battery on the eee901, I can leave my eee on sleep overnight with no more than a 10-15 min drop in battery life. Waking up from sleep takes about a second. With the stability of linux, I don't often reboot more than a fortnight, so trying to save 40 seconds from that seems like a bit of a false economy.

13th Oct 2008, 18:08	#11
Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An hour north of Boston Posts: 12,576	Sounds very promising, though given that resuming from standby is still faster and doesn't cause the inconvenience of having to close out everything, I'm not sure it's really that big of an issue. Sure, you get the extra battery life, but that's not usually enough of a gain that I'm honestly concerned. Not that I own an eee so it doesn't matter, but I'm tempted. Mostly out of feeling the need for a new gadget or something, but even just as a web browsing system I think I'd be tremendously bothered by not having my random assortment of OS X apps that I use continually (hoping for an Apple netbook tomorrow, but certainly not holding my breath). Still, I approve of any tech that speeds boot times. __________________ hire me @ eric-stern.com - web developer and php ninja pics @ my smugmug :: Twitter @firehed :: blog @ firehed.net 40D\|580EXII\|285HV\|AB800\|70-200f/4LIS\|17-50f/2.8\|150f/2.8Macro\|50f/1.8 MacPro @ 8x2.8GHz, 10GB FBDDR2, 3TB HD :: MBP @ 2x2.2GHz, 4GB DDR2, 320GB HD

13th Oct 2008, 20:48	#12
Haltech What's a Dremel? Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 9	"the pair started with the that attitude that " Try reading that out loud

13th Oct 2008, 21:32	#13
CowBlazed Multimodder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 110	Sounds fine to me. With all the quick boot options on which skips POST and such, my EEE1000H with WinXP boots up mighty quickly, about 20secs or so fully usable.

13th Oct 2008, 21:50	#14
tuaamin13 Minimodder Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 32	Any chance Intel is going to release their modified distro for those of us who want to boot in 5 seconds but don't feel comfortable modifying the kernel?

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Spaceraver Weekend Junkie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kolding, Denmark Posts: 1,305	Now Microsoft just needs to listen to those guys. And make Windows 7 boot the same way. __________________ "Faith: not wanting to know what is true." - Friedrich Nietzsche. "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." - Seneca Last thing I remember, I was drinking this glowing green sht out of a test tube and dancing like a bstard.

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14th Oct 2008, 09:02	#17
Impossible Multimodder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Cov Posts: 88	Have a look here.... http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=148886

14th Oct 2008, 11:39	#18
Xir Supermodder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 526	Thx...looked into some eee-sites, but didn't search Bit for "Langer" ;-) __________________ SN25P A64 3700+ (San Diego) 2 GB DDR400 OCZ Platinum EL 2-3-2-5 1T X1800XT 512mb Sapphire 200GB Samsung SP2004C