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How Long Does It Take For Your System To Boot?

Abhishek Rawal

@abhishek-fg9tRh • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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After few days of tweaking, I have finally managed to lower the boot time of my system to ~14s from ~26s. I know 14s is still way too much, but I have few services like syncthing, TLP, lm_sensors needed to be run at startup, plus I don't have SSD. I am on traditional rotational HDD.

As you can see in the picture, it takes ~14s to reach graphical target. How long does your system take for a boot ? If you're using SSD, mention the model too.
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PS : I have seen plenty of threads in reddit where the boot time is mere 2-3 seconds, with WMs and SSD. No! I am not kidding.

So, how long does it take to boot your system ?

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Sep 8, 2015

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

@abhishek-fg9tRh • Sep 8, 2015

Kaustubh KatdareMy 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

@thebigk • Sep 8, 2015

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

@abhishek-fg9tRh • Sep 8, 2015

Kaustubh KatdareI 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

@thebigk • Sep 8, 2015

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

@abhishek-fg9tRh • Sep 8, 2015

Kaustubh KatdareI'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

@harshad-ukH5ww • Sep 8, 2015

Mine taking around 2mins 😁

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Sep 8, 2015

The machine with longest loading time wins.

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Ashraf HZ

@Ash • Sep 8, 2015

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 ItaliyaMine 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

@abhishek-fg9tRh • Sep 9, 2015

ashMy Win 8 laptop boots around 12 seconds.
Even after Windows 8 included #-Link-Snipped-#, the boot time seems slow. #-Link-Snipped-#

ashIf 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

@abhishek-fg9tRh • Sep 14, 2015

And here again! vrooom!

PS : I am not using SSD. It's rotational HDD.

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Sharfudeen Mohamed Ibrahim

@sharfudeen-9IwUPQ • Sep 25, 2015

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

@abhishek-fg9tRh • Sep 25, 2015

sharfudeenMine 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

@sharfudeen-9IwUPQ • Sep 25, 2015

Abhishek RawalI 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

@abhishek-fg9tRh • Sep 25, 2015

sharfudeenAsking 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

@sharfudeen-9IwUPQ • Sep 25, 2015

Abhishek RawalCan'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!

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