[mythtv-users] Quick-boot linux?

[Ben Coates]

Suspend to ram sounds like the way forward but Sarah your EPIA sounds sweet,
what hardware exactly are you using?

I'm trying to achieve a low-power system too.

Suspend to RAM... does this mean it's drawing a limited amount of power just
to keep the system alive? A bit like hibernate?


On 2/18/08, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>
> Ronald Frazier wrote:
> >> How long does your distro take to boot into MythFrontend?
> >
> > About a 80-90 seconds. This is a debian lenny box doing a diskless boot.
> >
> >> Can anyone recommend a cut-down distro that would boot in under 20 secs
> >> straight into Myth...is that possible at the moment?
> >
> > One way is to use suspend to ram. That the approach I'm taking. Then
> > you only have to tolerate a full reboot time if the power goes out.
> >
>
> I think that's about the only solution for <20 sec., at least within any
> reasonable budget.
>
> A "hybrid" drive would speed things up, but not that much.
>
> beww
>
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