Once upon a time, drago01 <drago01(a)gmail.com> said:
Seems like you are used to slow boots.
Watch (or even use) a system with non rotating media (i.e SSDs) that
does not have a ton of crap set up to be started on boot and you will
notice this "1 or 2 seconds" as significant.
My main home system has an SSD, and I'd be hard-pressed to notice one
second out of the boot process (although I don't reboot it often, since
I just suspend-to-RAM).
I don't find saving 1-2 seconds compelling enough to disable the
end-user from interrupting the boot process to choose alternate kernels,
kernel options, etc. Unless you have a 100% fail-proof method of
detecting failed boots, you're just setting up a system where a stuck
boot is unrecoverable without additional resources (such as a rescue
CD).
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Chris Adams <cmadams(a)hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.