DOC vs. IDE

[Ronald G Minnich]

On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Christopher Bergeron wrote:

> Can anyone give me advice on what will acheive the fastest boot time?
>  My options are the LinuxBIOS coupled with a DOC root or with root
>  configured on hda1 (IDE).  I boot into X and I'll need standard
>  modules loaded.  I'd like to fit the entire install on a DOC but only
>  IF I'll get a faster load/boot.

you can't fit X onto the DoC you can buy today.

Fasted boot I've seen is with the kernel in DoC, then mount /dev/hda1 as
/.

ron