On Monday 03 May 2004 17:59, Green wrote: > I've also been playing around with real-time audio fx using > a VIA mainboard and MIDI for the controls.. > Here's some documentation of a project I did with this: > (ecasound, analog controls->MIDI, ladspa effects...) > http://4ms.org/influx9/ > One obstacle I've had is boot time! It's annoying to have > to wait 30 seconds for the thing to boot, and if the power is > interrupted during a live preformance..ugh. > Sure I could pare down a little more the init.d, but how do > pro embedded systems boot in a matter of seconds? > Mounting the fs read-only is a good idea, but does anyone > have other tips for making it more like an old-time > analog fx unit (power-on==>instant sound, power-off==>no harddisk damage)?
Perhaps you could try to optimise the kernel and remove _everything_ you don't need from the init... Next step would be to put Linux on your bios... Arnold, who also has some old hardware around if only I could get the guillemot maxi sound 32 to work with linux... BTW: I don't know if that question is really for developers. Perhaps user is a better place... -- Get my public-key from pgp.mit.edu or pgp.uni-mainz.de --- Hi, I am a .signature virus. Please copy me into your ~/.signature and send me to all your contacts. After a month or so log in as root and do a rm / -rf. Or ask your administrator to do so...
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