Re: AW: DOC vs. IDE

[Christopher Bergeron]

That actually sounds like a brilliant idea.  I wonder if anyone on the 
list can confirm performance... does the CFcard appear as a standard IDE 
disk or is there a driver or anything necessary?

-CB

Baab, Ingo wrote:
> Hello Christopher,
> mounting a CF-2-IDE-Adapter /w CF-Card would be 
> a little bit faster than the rotating thing, or?
> --ingo
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Christopher Bergeron [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2002 17:23
> An: [e-mail]
> Betreff: Re: DOC vs. IDE
>
> you can't fit X onto the DoC you can buy today.
>
> Fasted boot I've seen is with the kernel in DoC, then mount /dev/hda1 as
> /.
>
> ron
>
> Even an X like Qt embedded?  My Zaurus only has 32Mb on it, and it boots
> into X in about 4 seconds.  While I don't expect _that_ speedy of a boot, I
> would think I could achieve significantly less than 35(ish) seconds it takes
> now.  Also, did you factor in the IDE spinup boot delay of having an IDE  /.
> directory?  If the DOC+IDE is faster, do you mean throughput wise or time
> wise?  I'm referring to an earlier message that you replied to Todd Johnson
> and his boot times (message below).  It seemed as if the 2 emails conflict
> in what they're saying, so I just wanted to ask for a little clarification
> (not doubting you, just a little unclear on the principle).
>
> Essentially what I'm wondering is if a small footprint X could be booted
> into via DOC and if it would be faster than DOC+IDE (considering the IDE
> spinup delay).
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Ronald G Minnich wrote:
>
> On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
>
> Can anyone give me advice on what will acheive the fastest boot time?
> My options are the LinuxBIOS coupled with a DOC root or with root
> configured on hda1 (IDE).  I boot into X and I'll need standard
> modules loaded.  I'd like to fit the entire install on a DOC but only
> IF I'll get a faster load/boot.
>
> you can't fit X onto the DoC you can buy today.
>
> Fasted boot I've seen is with the kernel in DoC, then mount /dev/hda1 as
> /.
>
> ron
>
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Todd E. Johnson wrote:
>
> BTW, it seems that there is no booting action (Based on the Serial
> > output) until the HDD spins up.  Is this a result of me keeping my root
> > file system on the HDD?
>
> you can't do anything until the HDD spins up, and yes it's because you've
> god file system on the HDD. There's not much to be done for this.
>
> ron