What's your average boot up time?

[lcn0825]

Hi Seawane,

If your SB600 is on the following list, you can try this AppleATIATA to see if it works and speeds up the booting time.

It works on my Acer Extensa 4420-5239 but it may conflict with AppleVIAATA.

Chun-Nan

/*
* Supported devices.
*/
#define ATA_ATI_ID 0x1002
#define ATA_ATI_IXP200 0x43491002
#define ATA_ATI_IXP300 0x43691002
#define ATA_ATI_IXP300_S1 0x436e1002
#define ATA_ATI_IXP400 0x43761002
#define ATA_ATI_IXP400_S1 0x43791002
#define ATA_ATI_IXP400_S2 0x437a1002
#define ATA_ATI_IXP600 0x438c1002
#define ATA_ATI_IXP600_S1 0x43801002
#define ATA_ATI_IXP700 0x439c1002
#define ATA_ATI_IXP700_S1 0x43901002

[PingunZ]

Just booted in 23s (darwin prompt till dock is loaded)
I'll remove some more kexts and add efi strings to boot a little faster.

edit: perhaps a new thread with some tips & tricks to speed up boot would be nice?

[nfoav8or]

Originally Posted by PingunZ perhaps a new thread with some tips & tricks to speed up boot would be nice?

I agree. All the kexts in the Extensions folder aren't really needed; I think a good explanation of them would help individual users make the best choices of whether or not they need to keep them. I've started cleaning up my systems but haven't really been able find a good point of reference to learn from.

[Sarge]

Originally Posted by lcn0825 Hi Seawane, If your SB600 is on the following list, you can try this AppleATIATA to see if it works and speeds up the booting time. It works on my Acer Extensa 4420-5239 but it may conflict with AppleVIAATA. Chun-Nan /* * Supported devices. */ #define ATA_ATI_ID 0x1002 #define ATA_ATI_IXP200 0x43491002 #define ATA_ATI_IXP300 0x43691002 #define ATA_ATI_IXP300_S1 0x436e1002 #define ATA_ATI_IXP400 0x43761002 #define ATA_ATI_IXP400_S1 0x43791002 #define ATA_ATI_IXP400_S2 0x437a1002 #define ATA_ATI_IXP600 0x438c1002 #define ATA_ATI_IXP600_S1 0x43801002 #define ATA_ATI_IXP700 0x439c1002 #define ATA_ATI_IXP700_S1 0x43901002

I'd figure this is my firs time posting =o
Thank you so much for posting this! I went from 1 minute 18 seconds (from pressing enter on darwin to when i see the dock and everything loaded) to a dramatic 33 seconds! lol and I want more!! just kiddin. and thanks for telling which one to get rid of Seawane

Before I head off I would love to say thank you ZEPH...this magnificant project came together safely. and im up to date as much as I can see around these forums.

Best Regards

[shibirian]

My GA-MA78GM-S2H with LawlessPPC 10.5.4 boots about under 20 seconds (14 to be more precise - stopped that with my watch).

Maybe it's the fast CL4 memory or else, I dunno. I also erased the Extensions.mkext (the first thing I always do with a new Rig) and cleaned the final setup thoroughly with Onyx. Before I did that boot time for the OS was about 2 minutes.

Of course, boot time is from where the OS begins to load - with turning the machine on with a cold start it's total time is roughly 40 seconds (darn ACPI load time).

[BigBadBen]

[cite] WinLinMac01:[/cite]14 seconds. - Cheers!

40 sec here with 10.5.2

[FoneBone]

52 sec with 10.5.4

[cgsheen]

Since I moved my OSx86 10.5.3, 9.3, EFi V8 install to an internal IDE HD, boot time is 25-30 seconds.

Gigabyte 6100/430 s939 MB with Athlon 64 X2 4200+ dual core CPU
2GB PC6400 DDR2 dual channel RAM
8600GTS 256MB video card
PCI Realtek 8169 gigabit LAN card
onboard ALC880 audio

My Phenom install boots in 40-45 seconds - booting off a 60GB 4200RPM 2.5" laptop HD in a USB 2.0 enclosure:
Zephyroth 10.5.1, Chameleon EFI for Phenom, Zephyroth ASU 0.5 update to 10.5.3, 9.3 modbin kernel:

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM S2H AM2+ MB with Phenom 9550 2.2GHz quad core CPU
2GB PC8500 (1066MHz) DDR2 dual Channel RAM
onboard Radeon HD3200 IGP video
onboard RTL8111c LAN
onboard ALC889a audio

[milanca]

15 seconds here.

(10.5.4, kernel 9.4.0, FireWire kexts removed)

[Ianxxx]

[cite] milanca:[/cite]15 seconds here. (10.5.4, kernel 9.4.0, FireWire kexts removed)

Which kexts exactly did you remove, and is that why your boot is so quick?