Re: [Qemu-devel] Building a Linux Distro

[Joseph Miller]

If you are looking for a system to boot quickly, LinuxFromScratch would be 
pretty fast, but takes a looooong time to build.

-Joseph

On Saturday 02 September 2006 4:43 pm, Michael Fisher wrote:
> I want to know if the following idea is impossible, possible or just crazy.
>
> I want to create a distro small Linux distro that will boot as a Qemu
> guest as quickly as possible. I realize that the time it takes to
> boot, open apps, etc is based on host OS, CPU, memory, etc. What I am
> wondering is would it be worthwhile to tweak the hardware detection
> during the boot process to align it with hardware types that are
> supported in Qemu?
>
> As an example I have an AMD 3500+ CPU, 2 GB memory, Win XP and when
> running Qemu I set it for 512MB memory. I have tested several distros
> and the two best run about 45-60 seconds to boot without Kqemu and
> 35-50 seconds with Kqemu running. Currently I am working with WinXP as
> a host but my goal is have it run on a Linux host also.
>
> I turn off many checks like SCSI, PCMCIA, USB, Firewire, AGP, etc. to
> get the faster time and am wondering what other areas I can look at to
> speed booting & shutdown.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> desNotes
> address@hidden
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Qemu-devel mailing list
> address@hidden
> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel