I want to know if the following idea is impossible, possible or just crazy.
I want to create a distro small Linux distro that will boot as a Qemu guest as quickly as possible. I realize that the time it takes to boot, open apps, etc is based on host OS, CPU, memory, etc. What I am wondering is would it be worthwhile to tweak the hardware detection during the boot process to align it with hardware types that are supported in Qemu? As an example I have an AMD 3500+ CPU, 2 GB memory, Win XP and when running Qemu I set it for 512MB memory. I have tested several distros and the two best run about 45-60 seconds to boot without Kqemu and 35-50 seconds with Kqemu running. Currently I am working with WinXP as a host but my goal is have it run on a Linux host also. I turn off many checks like SCSI, PCMCIA, USB, Firewire, AGP, etc. to get the faster time and am wondering what other areas I can look at to speed booting & shutdown. Thanks in advance, desNotes [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
