GRUB setup for FULL HDD for fastest boot

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exProphecy
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GRUB setup for FULL HDD for fastest boot

#1 Post by exProphecy »

Hello mates! I'm setting up Puppy Linux to install on an old laptop using full install for the very first time and I had a question. What are the settings to make Puppy boot as fast as it can in GRUB? I set the timeout to 0 in the menu.lst. Is there anything else I can do? When I boot, I get a quick glimpse of that blue menu if the timeout was not 0. Is there a way to get rid of seeing that completely? Here is what my menu.lst looks like:
# GRUB configuration file '/boot/grub/menu.lst'.
# generated by 'grubconfig'. Sat Dec 26 20:52:45 2009
#
# The backup copy of the MBR for drive '/dev/sda' is
# here '/boot/grub/mbr.sda.23380'. You can restore it like this.
# dd if=/boot/grub/mbr.sda.23380 of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1
#
# Start GRUB global section
timeout 0
color light-gray/blue black/light-gray
# End GRUB global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
title Linux (on /dev/sda1)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=normal
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Other bootable partition config begins
title Windows (on /dev/sdb1)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
# Other bootable partition config ends
title Install GRUB to floppy disk (on /dev/fd0)
pause Insert a formatted floppy disk and press enter.
root (hd0,0)
setup (fd0)
pause Press enter to continue.
title Install GRUB to Linux partition (on /dev/sda1)
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0,0)
pause Press enter to continue.
title - For help press 'c', then type: 'help'
root (hd0)
title - For usage examples, type: 'cat /boot/grub/usage.txt'
root (hd0)
Thanks in advance! :o
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#2 Post by exProphecy »

Oh is my menu.lst the fastest it can be or does no one know what it should be..? :lol:

35 secs for bootup is not kool enough for me. hehe
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#3 Post by WhoDo »

exProphecy wrote:Oh is my menu.lst the fastest it can be or does no one know what it should be..? :lol:

35 secs for bootup is not kool enough for me. hehe
I think you've probably done all you can BUT ... not trying to be funny here ... have you tried the GRUB manual? Use Link below:

http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/ ... index.html
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