Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi, > > Andrew Morgan wrote: > >> ps. My work laptop shuts down/reboots in about 3-4 seconds! I was >> amased. But then it isn't much more than a default install + mpd. >> > > Regarding rebooting, in recent times reboot(8) has short-circuited the > process. It seems to run the new kernel directly whereas in the past it > would caused a reset of the hardware so you'd then go through the normal > BIOS, grub, kernel, chain. Just realised that what I wrote might sound confusing, I mean when doing a reboot it takes 3-4 seconds for the shutdown process to happen, counting up to the point which it signals a reset (however that happens) and the bootloader (BIOS) starts executing again. It then loads GRUB, etc. as normal.
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