Roy is correct. You can go ahead with DSL or Puppy and strip it down to minimal . You might even want to try Tiny Core which is even smaller however I am not sure if it come with x86_64 .
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > Nothing boots in 2 - 5 seconds unless it runs from the BIOS (Splashtop) or > SSD. For Linux to boot fast you need to skip all hardware detection, limit > scripts that load on startup and not load the OS into a RAM disk. You need a > minimalist distro such as DSL setup to run this way. It is possible, but you > would have to do it yourself. > > Roy > > 2009/10/22 Preetish <[email protected]> >> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:58 PM, pratik shah <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi Folks, >> > Please suggest an lean linux which is able to boot in 2-5 >> > seconds. >> > Required - >> > 1. Shell prompt to work upon >> > 2. Simple file system (can be min 1 directory - root) >> > 3. Should execute assembly language program and c program. >> > >> > >> > Not Required - >> > 1. Security. >> > 2. Network. >> > 3. Complex File System. >> > 4. Graphical effects. >> > 5. No need to dispatch USB drivers. >> > >> > >> > In short please suggest me a linux distribution who can restart in max >> > 2-5 >> > sec after BIOS execution and can execute an assembly and a C program >> > during >> > its startup. >> >> You can try LFS http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ . You can recompile >> your kernel with only the bare minimum drivers that will be needed by >> the system, remove unnecessary startup scripts and customize the >> installation with only the stuff you need. >> >> Cheers >> Preetish >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
