Re:Linux Kernel Fastboot [pdf]
by bt848 on Monday September 16, 2019 @03:54PM
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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.
Re:Linux Kernel Fastboot [pdf]
by icedchai on Monday September 16, 2019 @04:07PM
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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...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjshAKzhxTE