DOC vs. IDE
Christopher Bergeron
christopher at bergeron.com
Sun Sep 29 18:48:00 CEST 2002
Sunday, September 29, 2002, 5:26:37 PM, you wrote:
RGM> 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.
RGM> Fasted boot I've seen is with the kernel in DoC, then mount /dev/hda1 as
RGM> /.
So DoC _IS_ faster than IDE? If this is the case, why should it be
that mounting it with /dev/hda1 as root would make for a faster boot?
By my logic, I would think that having /boot and /root on a DoC would
make it faster.
Am I missing something?
Thanks,
Chris
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