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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: Ulysses_ on September 15, 2011, 11:05:28 AM

Title: [SOLVED] Speeding up TC boot-up
Post by: Ulysses_ on September 15, 2011, 11:05:28 AM

What bootcodes should be used to make the boot-up as fast as possible in the following config?

Remastered CD of TC is booted in a vmware VM with minimal hardware (no usb, no serial ports, no hard disk). Only the ability to reboot with "reboot -f" is needed (is that power management, acpi or something?)

Title: Re: Speeding up TC boot-up
Post by: Rich on September 15, 2011, 11:23:51 AM

Hi Ulysses_
You could try using the boot code   printk.time=1   and then look at the output from  dmesg. This
will give you timing information. If you see something that seems to take too long, check out
http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt (http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt)
and see if there is a boot code to address it. Remove   printk.time=1   when you are done testing.

The   reboot   command is a part of   busybox   and is always present

Title: Re: Speeding up TC boot-up
Post by: Ulysses_ on September 15, 2011, 02:41:08 PM

Alright.  It turns out there are no especially long intervals in that log. 

Where is a complete list of boot codes, so as much as possible is disabled?

Title: Re: Speeding up TC boot-up
Post by: Rich on September 15, 2011, 02:59:06 PM

Hi Ulysses_
Kernel boot codes are at the link provided in my last post. Tinycore boot codes can be found in
the FAQ (see button at top of page), by going through  /etc/init.d/tc-config , pressing F2, F3, or F4
at the boot prompt....

Title: Re: Speeding up TC boot-up
Post by: floppy on September 15, 2011, 03:14:53 PM

look there http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,11235.0.html (http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,11235.0.html)
for me, noisapnp and floppy=0,irq were good.
TC4.0.1 seems good for us..