Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:21:29 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Times Message-ID: <1339593689.73426.8.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206130909310.73934@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <4FD66F7E.2060404@brandonfa.lk> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206130909310.73934@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 09:10 +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I was just wondering what it is that FreeBSD does that makes it take so long > > to boot. Booting into Ubuntu minimal or my own custom Linux distro, literally > > takes 0.5-2 seconds to boot up to shell, where FreeBSD takes about 10-20 > > seconds. I'm not sure if anything could be parallelized in the boot process, > > mostly kernel time. > > Note: This isn't really an issue, moreso a curiosity. > > true. system that never crash are not often booted An embedded system may be booted or powered cycled dozens of times a day, and boot time can be VERY important. Don't assume that the way you use FreeBSD is the only way. -- Ian
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