How Long Does It Take For Your System To Boot?

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  Kaustubh Katdare

  My iMac 2011 running Yosemite (updated to the latest) takes about 45 seconds. But I don't expect much from the old boy.
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  Abhishek Rawal

  Kaustubh Katdare

  My iMac 2011 running Yosemite (updated to the latest) takes about 45 seconds. But I don't expect much from the old boy.

  45s! Can I know whether you're using SSD or not ?
  
  Tweaked mkinitcpio, fsck has been skipped and now boot time is less than 10s 😁
  
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  I didn't do any hardware upgrade ever since I bought it, so no SSD or faster RAM. It's loaded with all the necessary software. I'm not sure if it's the OS that add to the booting time.
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  Abhishek Rawal

  Kaustubh Katdare

  I didn't do any hardware upgrade ever since I bought it, so no SSD or faster RAM. It's loaded with all the necessary software. I'm not sure if it's the OS that add to the booting time.

  I don't think RAM plays major role in boot speed, but the type and speed of Hard Disk does. I have just 4 GB DDR3 RAM, out of which 512 MB is allocated for Graphics since it is APU. I might soon purchase 8GB soDIMM DDR3 RAM and check if boot performance increases or not. Most prolly it won't as Bootchart shows massive disk-usage while booting, so it's something related to speed of Hard-drive.
  
  I have simply understood init system and boot process, and trying decrease boot speed just by allowing services that are really necessary. So, nothing gets in without my permission.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  I've a vague idea, that it does. If there's not enough memory, the system would resort to writing stuff on the disk. It may not contribute to the initial system loading time; but as soon as the system prepares the display, desktop et al., I think having enough RAM would definitely make the things faster. It's just a wild guess.
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  Abhishek Rawal

  Kaustubh Katdare

  I've a vague idea, that it does. If there's not enough memory, the system would resort to writing stuff on the disk. It may not contribute to the initial system loading time; but as soon as the system prepares the display, desktop et al., I think having enough RAM would definitely make the things faster. It's just a wild guess.

  In my free time, I will try to limit RAM to 1GB from kernel parameters and then boot. Let's see how much it affects the boot time.
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  Harshad Italiya

  Mine taking around 2mins 😁
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  The machine with longest loading time wins.
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  Ashraf HZ

  My Win 8 laptop boots around 12 seconds. Have a Seagate SSHD (hybrid ssd). Good balance between speed and capacity. If I were to have a new desktop, I'd have a dedicated SSD for OS then a large capacity HDD for data files.
  
  

  Harshad Italiya

  Mine taking around 2mins 😁

  Haha. That reminds me of my previous PCs. Switch on PC, go make a cup of hot drink and prepare some snacks, then come back to a fully loaded desktop.
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  Abhishek Rawal

  ash

  My Win 8 laptop boots around 12 seconds.

  Even after Windows 8 included #-Link-Snipped-#, the boot time seems slow. #-Link-Snipped-#
  
  

  ash

  If I were to have a new desktop, I'd have a dedicated SSD for OS then a large capacity HDD for data files.

  I would love to get SSD, but it's damn costly here. I am already getting ~9s of boot time, with SSD I might reach <6s. But again, paying 5K-6K INR for 3s of boot performance ain't a smart choice 😛
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  Abhishek Rawal

  And here again! vrooom!
  
  
  
  PS : I am not using SSD. It's rotational HDD.
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  Sharfudeen Mohamed Ibrahim

  Mine was booting at normal speed. There's no lacking/lagging in speed. Because, my HDD was only 1 week old 😛
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  Abhishek Rawal

  sharfudeen

  Mine was booting at normal speed. There's no lacking/lagging in speed. Because, my HDD was only 1 week old 😛

  I don't understand 'normal speed' thingy, I can only understand numbers. Show me the log.
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  Sharfudeen Mohamed Ibrahim

  Abhishek Rawal

  I don't understand 'normal speed' thingy, I can only understand numbers. Show me the log.

  Asking like this huh? 😀
  
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  Abhishek Rawal

  sharfudeen

  Asking like this huh? 😀
  

  Can't see the image. Re-upload ?
  Edit : Holycow! Boot up booster ? LOL! Funny windows apps.
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  Sharfudeen Mohamed Ibrahim

  Abhishek Rawal

  Can't see the image. Re-upload ?
  Edit : Holycow! Boot up booster ? LOL! Funny windows apps.

  Its not the booting software actually, its wise care 365, It'll just shows the booting speed and it can disable the startup apps.
  That's all know!