From: nowhere@nevernet.at   
      
   On 24/10/2021 17:15, James Harris wrote:   
   ...   
   >> I agree that booting/loading could be faster, but then you'd need to do   
   >> some sort of save-state of the OS, like certain OSes do when the   
   >> computer "sleeps" or "hibernates" or does a "quick shutdown".  You'd   
   >> also need some way to quickly reset the hardware to the correct states   
   >> to match that of the OS save-state.  And, if the OS boots fast, because   
   >> the machine is fast, what's the point?   
   >   
   > That seems unlikely. Given that Wolfgang's OS boots in about 2 seconds   
   > from when it gets control I doubt hardware discovery needs to be slow,   
   > albeit that Wolfgang tends to use known hardware.   
      
   I didn't imply the machine specific BIOS power-up timing [8..30 Sec]   
   but yes it made hardware detection including an 8 bus PCI-scan [no pnp].   
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