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Re:Linux Kernel Fastboot [pdf] by icedchai on Saturday September 14, 2019 @10:16PM (#20975165)
I think Sun must've tried and failed. Boot times on late 90's era Solaris/Sparc systems were atrocious compared to Linux/x86 systems of the day.
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Re:Linux Kernel Fastboot [pdf] by bt848 on Monday September 16, 2019 @03:54PM (#20987933)
Just to underscore this, here's a video of some guy booting an Ultra 45, the last workstation Sun ever made. It takes 30s just to go from power-on to firmware initialized and another minute and a half to start Solaris. Older equipment such as a SPARCStation 20 would take much longer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjshAKzhxTE

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Re:Linux Kernel Fastboot [pdf] by icedchai on Monday September 16, 2019 @04:07PM (#20988061)
On their mid-range "Enterprise series" systems (Enterprise 3500, 450, etc.) it was much worse. I remember it taking a good 2 or 3 minutes just to get through firmware initialization...
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