*Nix Boot Times

I don't care what anybody else says, Nick. That 45 seconds is a good boot time for older hardware.

 

I expect Win 8 is running the 'Secure Boot' and 'hibernate'-related 'Quick Start' too, yes?

 

("Off-topic..!!")   

 

 

Mike. 

Edited by Mike_Walsh, 20 September 2016 - 05:58 AM.

 
That 45 seconds is a good boot time for older hardware.

Yes, Believe it or not that had Vista on it, Now imagine that boot time.

 

I do not hibernate any of my machines, and the Win 8 Lappy has secure boot.

Yes, Believe it or not that had Vista on it, Now imagine that boot time.

 

 

I can, quite easily. Somewhere around the 3 minute mark, minimum, as I recall from a rather sick Vista install one of my mates had, before I converted him to Puppy!

 

As rufwoof says, the kinda thing where you'd  power-on.....and head straight for the kettle! 

 

Been there, done that.....

 

 

Mike. 

Edited by Mike_Walsh, 20 September 2016 - 06:08 AM.

 
("Off-topic..!!")   

Not off topic because we are still talking about boot times and hard drive types, I added Windows 8 on SSD for comparison.

Edited by NickAu, 20 September 2016 - 07:41 AM.

Here are some more boot times, on the same computers
 

9 year old custom built desktop pc with 7200 rpm HDD running Kubuntu 14.04.1:
26 seconds from pressing the power button to Grub boot menu.
23 seconds from Grub boot menu to log-in screen.
~20 seconds from log-in screen to desktop loaded and being ready to use.
So around 1 minute 9 seconds in total.

On this computer, XP takes 26 seconds to boot from selecting it in the Grub menu, to when the salt-cellar disappears. (I'm not running anti-virus software, and log in automatically). So that's around 52 seconds in total (not including time spent on the Grub boot menu).
 

12 year old laptop with 5400 rpm HDD running AntiX 16:
6 seconds from pressing power button to Grub boot menu.
44 seconds from Grub boot menu to log-in screen.
~10 seconds from log-in screen to window manager loaded and being ready to use.
Around 1 minute in total

On this computer, Lucid Puppy takes 43 seconds to boot, from selecting it in the Grub boot menu until it's ready to use, and a wifi connection has been established. Which is around 49 seconds total (not including time spent on the Grub boot menu)

Edited by Al1000, 20 September 2016 - 06:23 AM.

 
("Off-topic..!!")     

Not off topic because we are still talking about boot times and hard drive types, I added Windows 8 on SSD for comparison.

 

boot times for LINUX. not NT

 

I guess people did not understand when i said about 5 seconds i didn't mean five literal seconds, shouldn't have even opened this post in thefirst place since i knew people would doubt and question.

 

 

 

please close this topic i got my answer.

Edited by Viper_Security, 20 September 2016 - 12:00 PM.

I guess people did not understand when i said about 5 seconds i didn't mean five literal seconds

 
How long did you mean?

 

When you say "about 5 seconds," it's reasonable to assume that you mean "about 5 (literal) seconds."

 

I am quite confident that everyone else who posted times in this thread, measured those times in "literal" seconds.
 

please close this topic i got my answer.

Topics are not ordinarily closed unless there is a specific reason to do so.

Edited by Al1000, 20 September 2016 - 01:21 PM.

 

I guess people did not understand when i said about 5 seconds i didn't mean five literal seconds

 
How long did you mean?

 

When you say "about 5 seconds," it's reasonable to assume that you mean "about 5 (literal) seconds."

 

I am quite confident that everyone else who posted times in this thread, measured those times in "literal" seconds.
 

please close this topic i got my answer.

Topics are not ordinarily closed unless there is a specific reason to do so.

 

the reason being i have found my answer not being good enough?.

 

 

and it take 13.42 seconds to boot to the login window.

 

Bios screen takes about 3-4 seconds

 

total boot time is 13.42.

the reason being i have found my answer not being good enough?.

Reasons such as a thread going off-topic or otherwise breaking the rules would be enough for closure, but not because the OP asks. That is not good enough reason.
 

and it take 13.42 seconds to boot to the login window.
 
Bios screen takes about 3-4 seconds
 
total boot time is 13.42.

Interesting you've measured it to one hundredth of a second. I wasn't sure exactly when to say that my computer has finished booting, which is why I stated my boot times as being around one minute and nine seconds, and around 49 seconds etc.

What is it that you see happening, that lets you know your computer has finished booting?

IOW, what are you looking out for, so that you know to stop timing the boot process?

im using mint 18 and im pretty sure it's done loading once the login screen shows up because i can immediately open LOTRO or FF, or Vivaldi.

Your entire desktop still has to load, when the log-in screen appears.

User preferences are still to be set, /home directory still has to be loaded, depending on what user logs in.

im the only user on my laptop, and im telling you whether you believe me or not because i use this thing every day haha, the second im logged in i can run anything with MAYBE a 1-2 second delay (more with the browsers)

Just for fun heres my Windows 8 laptop booting, It has the same specs as the desktop I5 8GiB ram Sandisk 256GiB SSD.

 

 

PS.

 

 

Any reference to me using Windows 8 will be deemed off topic LOL

 

 

Edit

Add Puppy Linux.Hp Compaq 2510p Intel Core 2 Duo ULV Processor U7700 2 GiB ram 120 GB 5400 rpm 1.8" PATA Hard Drive

 

Heres my Puppy.

I do not see the "Loading Kernel    OK" etc. thing on mine when it boots, if it does show it it goes too fast for me too see it. my machine (for the time being) is a Dell XPS M1530

Edited by Viper_Security, 20 September 2016 - 02:03 PM.

Here we go, this is from Terminal

 

This is for a Lubuntu VM stored on a 5400 RPM external harddrive, connected via USB3.0 (on a shared USB3.0 Hub).

About 2:25 from off to the login screen.
About 2:41 from off to logged in.

EDIT: deleted video, because site has a popup.
 

Edited by hollowface, 20 September 2016 - 02:15 PM.