Re: Rapid re-boot (Windows or Linux)

larwe wrote:

Well, in Windows, that's "hibernation" and you already have it for free. In Linux, it is "suspend to disk" and you already have it for free, though it will involve installing patches and scripts.



Thanks, I'd not heard of this feature. That's the first thing I'll give a whiz.

1. A lot of time wasted by the BIOS, which you can't avoid. linuxbios.org could be your friend.

That seems acceptable, it's the age of rolling credits that I'm trying to avoid. Fast doesn't have to be blazing, just quick enough to dissuade the user from wandering off.

2. Filesystem consistency. Hibernation assumes that non-
removable filesystems have not changed across wakeups. If this is not true, then you need to jump through a lot of hoops.

That ought to be true unless the thing's been hit by a meteor, as there are no removeable media.


3. loading half a gigabyte of RAM off hard disk, and resetting all your attached devices, does take a finite time :)

I think your biggest time savings will be realized by changing to linuxbios, going to Linux, and ruthlessly trimming the driver list.


I think there might be a bit more of a learning curve involved in that, so I'll go for the suspend/ hibernate option as a first try.

Thanks for all the replies.

Paul Burke

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