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   Initialization of the hardware is what takes most of the time, and you can't   
   really go around that.   
    Besides, BeOS is booting fast enough, between 8 and 10 seconds even on   
   older PCs.   
      
   Eugenia   
      
      
   "Earl Colby Pottinger"  wrote in message   
   news:G-6dnfFkNvu7rwDd4p2dnA@look.ca...   
   > Hello, I was just looking at some palm/palm clones and wondering about how   
   to   
   > make a BeOS model that boots fast.  It crossed my mind that one thing that   
   > may slow down BeOS in the boot phase is all the drivers installed.  I was   
   > wondering if you remove all drivers which you do not have hardware for   
   this   
   > would speed up the boot.  Also does anyone know how early in the boot   
   phase   
   > that the RAMFileSystem could be started to hold TMP files?   
   >   
   >                Earl Colby Pottinger   
   >   
   > --   
   > I make public email sent to me!  Hydrogen Peroxide Rockets, OpenBeos,   
   > SerialTransfer 3.0, RAMDISK, BoatBuilding, DIY TabletPC.  What happened to   
   > the time? http://webhome.idirect.com/~earlcp   
      
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