It then loads the appropriateminidrivers to allow NTLDRto load files from a partition formattedwith any of the file systems that WindowsXP supports, including FAT (fileallocationtable)-16, FAT-32, and ...

Reducing boot time has become one of the more interesting discussions taking place in the embedded Linux community. As it turns out, it is relatively easy to save substantial time on system boot.

I'm running RH73 here, and I have a minor annoyance that's driving me a bit crazy. On boot, RH tries to initialize my Ethernet card and then the PPP connection that gets my DSL on line. This is ...