Linked by David Donley on Wed 9th Jun 2004 18:53 UTC
I have been using Linux since 1993. I installed the first version of Slackware on a 16MB 386sx-25. Since then I have been using it almost exclusively on one or more of my PCs. So I consider myself as a bit of an expert. I have been using computers since 1982 mostly PCs, but also VAX mainframes and SPARC systems. Operating systems (and GUIs) I have been using include CP/M, DOS, Windows from Version 2 to XP, Geos, Beos, SCO Unix, Solaris, OS/2 and quite a few Linux Distros.
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WOW! You have about 90 seconds to boot into KDE?
I have no trouble to belive you that. But this issue has to do something with your setup. Maybe you need to look at your tasks you start during boot.
I have a IBM ThinkPad A22p (P3@1GHz, 384MB Memory) and the Laptop is sure not the fastest in the world and I have about 3'800 fonts installed on my system and my Linux system (okay... it is Gentoo, but this is not the issue) starts much much faster then 90 seconds. And on each boot I run a script I have copied and modified from Knoppix (the one discovering the HW in your system) and I start a bunch of services and tasks as well (distCC, CCache, CUPS, serval nfs and samba mounts, etc). And even with that, I don't come close to 90 seconds.
I think you have enought people here on OSNews wich would gladly help you (me included) to get your boot time lower then the 90 seconds. Just let me know if you accept my help and how I can contact you.
cheers
SteveB